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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
For Sale Cheap, Fine Cotton Plantation, Locat-
ed in the St. Francis Valley, Just SO Miles
From Memphis, Tenn. No Boil Weevil.

This plantation will only be on the market a few days so
don't forget to come over, and If you are in the market for a
place to farm, you will buy. If you are looking for an invest
ment, you can't go wrong buying Arkansas land. Ask a Mem
phis banker.
Location three miles north of Round Pond, Ark, 10 miles
from Forrest City, the county seat, one-half mile from st. Fran
cs river, on the famous Military road, which is now being grav-
elt and, no doubt, will be the Bankhead Highway. The plan
tation has about two miles frontage on this road. On the cor
ner OF this plantation is one of the finest locations for "a country
store in the county, for a cash or furnish business.
Contains ILL acres, 400 in cultivation, u good tenant
houses, a managers residence, barns, cribs, plenty cotton
houses, etc. You have no drainage tax to pay, as the land is
large cane ridges, with plenty natural drainage. The soil is
black buckshot, and black sandy loan. The timbered land has
all been cut over very closely, except about 100 acres, which
has a good bunch Of gum, oak, ash and cypress timber, about
300 acres of the wood land has been deadened and burnt over
several times, and can be put in cultivation at a small cost.
I am only asking seventy-two Fifty $72.5O) per acre,
Twenty Thousand ($2O,OOO.00) cash, balance in six co. annual
payments, equally divided, notes bearing 6 per cent interest. 1
have been offered a nice check for a 2O-day option on this prop
erty, but would not take it. So don't forget the price; don't
forget the terms, and don't forget that l am going to sell it
the coming week. No trades or real estate agents wanted. Can
show any day.
CLAUDE FLY.
Round Pond, Arkansas.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
DYKES TRADE PLANS
AFTER WAR DISCUSSED

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. 22.-Trade ex-
pansiOn for the South in the days of
a world rush for commercial supremacy
to follow the war was discussed here
today by financial leaders and business
men of the South at a meeting called
by the Southern Commercial congress.
Recommendations of means by which
the South may share in the national
foreign trade after the war will be
presented to the Southern Commercial
congress at its meeting in December
at Baltimore.
THE scope OF the conference" said
DR.. Clarence j. owens, secretary of
the congress-, who presided, will en-
brace the seven-fold program of rail-
ways, inland waterways, highways.
merchant marine, banking facilities for
foreign trade products, imports and
exports and the geographical advantage
of the South in relation to foreign
trade"
About 100 delegates, including repre-
s~entatives Of the department of COM
merce, federal reserve bank system,
railroad administration. shipping board
and other government bureaus, were
invited to the conference, which will
end tonight.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
HARDWOOD MEN
PROTEST TAXES
Delegation to Meet at Wash
ington on Timber
Basis.

A delegation of hardwood lumber
manufacturers from Tennessee. Arkan-
sas, Mississippi and other southern
states will leave for Washington
Wednesday evening to present urgent
protests against the basis for ttmber
land values proposed by the finance
committees Rf the senate and house
in the excess profits section OF the
revenue bill now pending before con-
gress.
! ager of the American Hardwood Man
ufacturers' association. Is arranging by
telegraph for as large a number or
lumbermen as possible to go. He IS IN
| receipt Of a telegram from Judge l.,
G.. Boyle, attorney for the association
| advising him that a conference be-
| tween lumber manufacturers apd con-
gressmen from the hardwood lumber
| states has been arranged for FRIDAY
evening at s o'clock at the Shoreham
hotel.
In the income tax section of the
| reyenue bill, timber land values, as
| part of the invested capital OF hard,
| wood lumber manufacturers, are fixed
| on the basis Of their worth March l,
1918.
In the excess profits section OF the
pending finance bill. timber land val
| ues are based on the cost Of the prop
| critics at any time within the last &c
years and do not allow owners to carry
them on their books at their enhanced
worth. ,
Lumber interests here say that sucf
provisions will make their excess profits
taxes far larger than they should be
and hat the longen a man has owned
timber lands the higher, proportionate'
ly, his excess profits tax Will be,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
EACH TANK UNIT
SAVES BIG LOSS
British War Expert Says
Every Battalion Prevents
1000 Casualties.

LONDON, Oct. 90, Correspondence
of the Associated ess.)-Thirty-s six
tanks-one bat~talion-save at least
1000 casualties every day they are in
action. The British war expert who
made this statement while discussing
the present allied offensive continued:
I'VE have used in the fighting to date
only a fraction of the men the enemy
has been accustomed to employ for SINH
lar offensives and we have made up
the difference largely with tanks. Since
the ultimate victory will fall to the
side with the biggest reserves, the
more tanks we have the most assured
our victory.
Similarly the more numerous the
tanks the less risk of their being
knocked out. A German antitank gum
ner can deal with one or two perhaps,
but he is overwhelmed with dozens.
ut has been commonly thought a
direct hit by a shell means destruc-
ton. A fortnight g a tank received
gun but the tank finished its job and
trundled back to it's lines.
Another in the Cambria region was
fired on by a howitzer 30 yards away
and a shell tore off part of the tanks
side. But the tank went on, driving
right over the howitzer and putting it
out of action"
Recently Maj. Gen. Seely, deputy
minister Of munitions, said:
Il speak the literal truth when I say
that |, and hundreds OF others 1t has
been my privilege to lead, would be
dead now but for the tanks. They
probably saved AmienS. They certain
ly saved u.s.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
EDITED NEWSPAPER
WITH ASIX-SHO0TER

TOMBSTONE, Ariz,, Oct. 22.-Oppo-
site the old mail stage station here
stands a little, low adobe building with
a rough board front, the windows
painted blue and a door sagging on its
strap hinges. A weatherbeaten sign
across the front proclaims the building
as the one-time home of the Tombstone
Epitaph. the weekly publication Of the
Huachuca mining district.
Within, the ruins of a &c. Washing
tom hand press serves as a roosting
place for owls. On this old press vas
printed the editions of the Epitaph con-
tanning the list of violent deaths in
the district during the week. 1t also
contained stories Of gold strikes in the
Glory Hole, the Last Chance and the
Boom mines.
It was the boast Of the pioneer edi-
tor that he edited the paper with a
six-shooter, and kept a sawed-off shot
gun behind his desk for ~belligerent
callers. The Epitaph suspended pub
LEGATION when the mining boom broke
many years ago.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
SWORD ALL READY FOR
ALBERT AT BRUSSELS

PARIS, Oct. 22.-During the earliest
days of the German occupation of Brus-
sells in 1914 a project was formed to
present King Albert a sword OF honor
upon his return to the city, The model
was made and the artist who designed
it carried 1t through the barrier into
Holland and from there came to Paris.
The sword has been made here. The
hit is of gold and platinum set with
precious stones. 1t represents the Bel
gian lion overcoming the Teutonic
eagle. 1t will be sent to Brussels and
will be there in time for the kings
entry to the city.
The names Of the Brussels committee
in charge Of the project will be KEEP,
secret until the Germans have retired
from the country.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
Mrs. Rebecca T. Bayless.

FLORENCE, Ala, oct, %, (Spl,)-
Mrs. Rebecca Thompson Bayless, widow
Of the late W. W. Bayless, of this city,
a native of Tennessee, passed away at
her home here after II lingering illness.
The funeral was held from the family
home on North Pine street, Rev w.
l.. Hollingsworth, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian church, officiating. Mrs.
Bayless, who was one of the most
aa . well known u, d. c., Is survived
by two children, Mrs Lee Ashcraft,
OF Atlanta, Ga, and VIM. b, Bayiess,
Of Memphis, both OF whom were with
ner when the end anne She Is n
cousin Of Mrs. Dudley y. Saunders, OF
Memphis, and Mrs. VIM. f. Hardin,
Of this city,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
james Laughin.

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss, oct. %.
(Spl)-News has just reached here from
Des Moines, Iowa, Of the death in that
city Of James Laughin, formerly a res
ident OF Blue Mountain, LaughIn, who
was from this part Of the state, was a
former locomotive engineer on this di-
vision Of the Gulf, Mobile g. Northern
railroad, and was highly esteemed in
local railway circles. He died Of pneu-
mcnia following Spanish influenza, and
will be buried in Michigan, Mrs. Laugh
in, formerly Miss Eula Bryson. will pos
sibly return to Blue Mountain after the
inIerment of her hushand.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
MANY HOGS SHIPPED.

WINoNA, Miss. Oct. %. tSpl)-J. s.
McKewen, county demonstration agent,
has just shipped two cars Of fine hogs,
The porkers were brought to the city
by farmers from all sections and the
lot weighed $1,000 pounds. These hogs
presented conclusive evidence that the
farmers of this county can raise as
fine hogs and at as nominal cost as can
be raised in any section of the United
States. = The farmers will ship more
hogs from this county this fan thar
has ever been shipped before.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
OLDEST MAN IN DYER
COUNTY KILLED BY TREE

NEWBERN, Tenn, Oct. 90. (Spl)-
william swipes, who is perhaps the
Oldest mar in Dyer county, was killed
at Tigertail, Tenn. in the Obion river
bottoms in the western part of the
county, when a tree fell on him while
he was watching timbermen fell trees,
Owing to- his advanced age, he was
not able to escape the falling tree, He
is survived by eight children, IS grand
children and many great grandchildren.
His body was Inferred at Calcutt land
ing in that section.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
Peter Christensen.

GREENWOOD, Miss. oct, %, lSpl)
fore county for the past 80 years, died
SATURDAY. at his home, one mile east OF
Sidon. He had been falling In health
for the past three years. Death was
due to a cancer. He was 81 years old,
A wife and six children survive, Two
sons, Rudolf and william. are with the
COlOrs in France.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
Carl Wilson,

HUNTINGDON, Tenn, Oct. %. (Spl)
News has been received here Of the
death of Carl Wilson at his home in
Rector, Ark. He is a son Of MI. and
Mrs. Boyd Wilson. who, until about six
weeks ago, resided about four miles
from Huntingdon on II. +. u. 5, when
they moved TO Rector. The deceased
was about 10 years old. His death was
caused from typhoid fever after an Ill
ness Of about two weeks. The younger
brother is also quite sick with the fever.
Burial occurred at Rector.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
EWert Compton.

BALDWIN,, Miss, oct, q. (SpID-
Ewert Compton, 10, oldest son-of Mi.
and Mrs. Il, II. Compton, died Monday
morning, after an Illness OF several
weeks. He was In the employ of the
government at Newport News, when
he contracted Spanish influenza, n AZ
ter returning home was stricken with
pneumonia. He is survived by his par
ents and one brother. Johnnie Compton.
He was a member OF the Christian
church and a devoted son and brother.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
FEDERAL COURT OPENS
AT JACKSON MONDAY

Federal court will open next Mon
day in Jackson, Tenn, with the heavi-
est grand jury docket in years. Judge
Mccall decided to hold court after
there were indications of improvement
in the influenza epidemic at Jackson.
The cases will include ~disloyalty, har-
boring army deserters, drunk and dis
orderly conduct on the Shiloh park
ground, theft of mail, Bookkeeping, and
violations Of the Reed amendment and
white slave laws.
United States district attorney W. d.
Kyser, Marshal Stanley II. Trezevant
and deputies, and Clerk A. G. Mathews
will leave Memphis Sunday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
O 8 TWO CHILDREN.

HALLS. Tenn. Oct. %. (spi)-Mr.
and Mrs. T. N. Dyer mourn the loss
Of two OF their children. Thomas Nell,
aged I years. and Sarah. aged 2 years
and 4 month, both victims OF influ-
enza and pneumonia, the former dying
last Thursday and being buried the
following day, and the latter dying at
an early hour Sunday morning and be-
ing buried in the city cemetery IN tho
afternoon, Another little child is dan
g~erously Ill and not expected to live.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
J, H, Norwood.

GREENWOOD, Miss, Oct. %, (spll
i H., Norwood fell dead while at
work at schlater Monday morning
about s o'clock from heart failure. He
was Sc years of age and Is survived by
his wife. His body was Inferred at
the Schlater cemetery Tuesday morn
ing
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
julius Wood.

PONTOTOC. Miss, Oct, 22. tspl)-.
julius Wood. the 15-year-old son Of
Oliver Wood, Of Algoma. died OF pneu-
monia Sunday morning at 5 o'clock,
The burial occurred at Monroe tho
family burying ground, six miles south
IF town
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
Mrs. Anna May Johnson.

PONTOTOC. Miss. oct. 20. (spL)--
Mrs. Annie May Johnson died Mon
day night at the home Of her father,
George Beasley. Of sherman, after a
short attack OF pneumonia following
Spanish influenza. The deceased was n
bride Of two months.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22

(Spl)-Mrs. Jettie Braddock, daughter
of MIR. and Mrs. Patent McBryde. OF
this county. died Of Spanish Influenza,
and has been inferred In the EbeneLer
cemetery. She was about 80 years old,
and leaves a husband, n daughter and
many relatives in this part Of the state.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
Perrin M. Birdsong.

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss, oct. 20.
(Spl.)--Perrin Manning Birdsong, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Birdsong, died
Sunday of congestion Of the brain fol-
lowing a recent attack Of influenza. His
body was inferred in Macedonia ceme-
tery.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
L ESCAPES FLU.

PONTOTOC. Miss, Oct. %. (Spl)-
Chickasaw college is being congratu-
lated upon it's escape from the Spanish
Influenza, not a single case having been
reported among the faculty or boarding
pupils.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22

Flu Preventive--Take a Discolax
Tablet every night at bedtime. Keep
throat and nose well sprayed with Do
bells Solution. Get Discolax at your
druggists, Csc box. adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
FOR GRAY HAIR
Beautiful Shade In Few Days.

No matter how gray your hair may
be Gnu will restore 1t to a beautiful,
silky, brown shade in a few days.
Thousands Of women are using 1t. Your
druggist guarantees it. Prico Doc.
adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
Mrs ,Jettie Braddock.

BLUE MOUNTAIN. Miss, Oct. %.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
American Pep and French
Skill Make New Air Bird
Allies Are Fraternizng Heartily, and Combination Has
Already Spelt Severe Defeats to
German Aviators

"IIave you any American aviators
here % I asked.
'Mais, oui," he responded with a
may be Incidentally mentioned, is
the French equivalent for "Well, /
should say we have!"
The lieutenant led me to large
tent, where found 8 Franco-American
bridge game in full sway. 1t was be-
ing played in that "Franco- English"
tongue where French players never
tail to answer in the affirmative with
Yes" and Americans with "Oui."
There was enthusiasm in that bridge
game, and there was a spirit of CANA
: raderie seldom seen when two sepa-
rate and distinct races get together
Questions were asked in poor French
and answered in equally poor English
An hours visit in the tent was con
vincing that Franco English" had
gone far beyond the "Oui' and "Yes'
/ stage.
The French lieutenant told me things
! about a small town in Iowa that
on with his knowledge of another small
! town in Ohio which he mixed up in
discriminatory with the merits Of New
York, Chicago. Washington. Indianapo-
lis and Pittsburgh. 1T was plain tc
/ see that several young American avia-
tors had been boosting their own home
towns and that the boys who came tc
France from the stocks Of Iowa anc
Ohio were just IS good IN explanatory
Frencf as the lads from the city.
Know All About u. S.
The Iowa and Ohio towns were the
best for their size in the United States
| In fact, the lieutenant was convinced
that everybody in America knew about
these towns and frequently spoke o.
them. Pittsburgh was especially noted
for being one of the cleanest cities il
( the world, and Philadelphia was famou.
I for certain hotel, which has a Ger
tain central location. Washington tht
French lieutenant had heard something
of before. but Chicago, in the far dis
tant West, was model city which al
most ranked with New York. 1t was here
evident that the young New York avia
tor had been holding up his end Of tho
French and American fliers, seemed
especially to be place for future ref
erence after the war.
But boosting home towns, eating ont
playing bridge. are things forgotten il
these Franco-American camps whel
there is work to do. a sunshiny da!
finds them out in force over the enemy
lines, doing their best in an enthusi
astic way to down the Boche. The,
fight him with machine guns, boml
him, photograph him and give away hi
battery positions to the Franco Ameri
can artillery.
This new international game is
sport which is pleasing to the bird boys
of the two nations. They have formed
a combination which works in the mos
efficacious manner, and, moreover. will
most perfect harmony.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Two New York Men
On Casualty List

Two New York boys are among those
IN the days casualty list. Ono died
OF wounds received in fight on June
~, ~ the other. is missing in action.
me names of two other men. one
ron Hoha, Jersey City and the other from
daily report. Both gave their lives in
=. Richard Joseph Mullen. who died Of
SS;oumds S;yt,, Is: on on June 81, lived at s27 East
olSty-ninth Street. He formerly was
a a member of the old soth Rcgiment IT.
,'oau uue was honorably discharged five
wars WARS ago. 4 c; HE He enlisted in the regulars
"'en america entered the war.
w Ma'thew Casey. who lived at 226
Nest sixty;seventh Street, is MISSING mr.
lie ~, also enlisted with the regulars at
the the beg Beginning of our participation in
me me war: He had previously gone to
the Mexican border with the 4th Penn. w.
SSSlvania Regiment. but on it's return
mad gone back to the Du Pont powder
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Bv Wilbur 5. Forrest

,S,.-,o, Correspondence TO The Tri6ure)
,,,x-sn, lels hy The Tribune Associstien)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, June 19.-lf there could
.oss;hlv be any doubt about the aver
sro nersonnel of Allied air camps or
,rrk,ng fear of their ability to main
..;, a continued mastery of the upper
,od glance into almost any camp in
yrance to-day should serve to ease the
n,;nd of the deepest dyed-in-the-wool
pessimist
On the French front, at least. an ad
rn;yture of Americas most perfect
,ouns manhood, with great quantities
~ wholesome, fresh enthusiasm, to the
snished skill and experience of
Frances elite air birds has created a
combination that is hard TO beat.
have visited many air camps IN
MANY parts of France during the past
few weeks. Most everywhere has been
found this constantly growing inter
pationalism of the air.
American "Pep" Helps
French squadron, solely French
during the many months of the many
Years of war. dying of ennui during the
long spells Of inclement weather and
thoroughly fed up" with bad weather
and isolation in general, suddenly finds
itself invaded by group of red-blooded
American youngsters. They speak nc
French. they have had no real war fly
ing except the make-believe kind in
training camps. and thev are tickled TO
be through with the make-belleve and
ready for the real thing. They are en-
kid onsthe way to the swimmin' hole or
before a Saturday picnic, and you can
imagine how contagious is this pep
wien suddenly thrown into a lones ONE
group Of men blessed with all the Won
derful qualities of Frenchmen. French
and English tongues soon become
Franco English tongues, with a good
bit OF American slang thrown in.
French food in the mess begins to
have an occasional American touch,
and the French army cook finds him
self trying his hand at doughnuts or
Aapiacks. And everybody enjoys the
diversion. because it is diversion
which could have been brought about
only by such unique mixture OF the
.wo races.
/ dropped into one OF these inter
national camps few days ago unex-
pectedly and found everybody at home
It was the cloudy, overhung kind Of
day when aviators have nothing much
to do but sit around and wonder when
the sun is going to come out and chase
the clouds away.
americans There? Sure.
was met at the entrance to the
camp hy French lieutenant.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11

the alleged testimony. made an iuves-
tigation and then printed the follow
ing:
eve learn that Albert Edouard de
Bondelli director Of the Credit Lyon
nais, died in 1910. He never did any
military service. He left two sons.
The elder, having finished school, is
about to enter the French army as a
simple soldier and has never yet been
to the front. The second son is not
yet old enough to 60 into the army.
These two boys are the last of the
name
1T is easy to see the value of this
authentic testimony invoked by the
Wolff Agency, which is manifestly in
tended to excuse in advance, by a new
he, the renewal Of the bombardment
to destroy the Rheims Cathedral."
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11

plant, at Wilmington, Del, where he
had becn working prior to that trou-
ble
One Of the first of the Hoboken
draft men to leave for France, was
frlvate Christopher Alexander Mohr,
,r, of 1923 Monroe Avenue He was
made corporal shortly after his regi-
ment landed. He was killed in action
on July 8.
g Private Thaddeus Cichocki, of fs4
Seventh Street, Jersey City, who died
on June 23 from wounds received in
action, has been in this country only
iive years. having emigrated from Po-
land. He enlisted in the regular army
at the beginning of the war.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11

quarters. Of the organization, 4s1
Fourth Avenue. New York City. Will
lam j. Mckinley, r. O. Drawer 96, New
Haven, Conn, is in charge of appli-
cations for service in this country
from men under thirty five.
Lost Soldier" department which
by special arrangement with the ad-
Jutant generals Office in Washington
Will attempt to locate "lost" mem
bers OF any branch of our fighting
forces, has been opened at the head :
quarters Of the Knights OF Columbus
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11

received at the State Department fror,
the Spanish Embassy in Berlin. The
dispatch said Professor Emery had
the freedom Of the city and was 81
lowed to correspond with neutral
countries under the rules OF the cen
sor. This information came in re-
uponse TO query by the State De
partment as TO Professor Emery 5
status. 4 Red Cross report from Swift
aerland said he was in a prison camp
ut Darmstadt, while an earlier account
said he Vas in Berlin
New-York tribune., 1918-07-11
Five Ambulances Presented
To Police for War Work

Five ambulances for use in war
emergency work have been presented
to the Police Department, it was ar
nounced yesterday by Special Deputy
Commissioner Allan A. Ryan, head of
the Division Of National Defence of the
Police Department. They were pre-
sented by the Calvary Episcopsi
Church, Friars Club, Church of the
Ascension. Knights of Columbus and
Fifth Masonic Division.