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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19
copyright, 1919, by Mcclure News
paper S~vndicste).
BY HOWARD r. oARls.

Dear me, Uncle wiggilyl Where
have you BEEN" asked Nurse Jane
%aszy Kuzzy one day, as the bunny
rabbit gentleman came hopping back
10 his hollow stump bungalow.
why, Is anything the natter Mr..
Longears wanted to know. The chim-
ney didn't catch fire, did it, or tho
gold fish ny away?"
"Oh, no, neither onet' laughed the
muskrat lady bungalow keeper. ITS
Just about all the animal children in
Woodland, nea these Orange Ice
mountains, have been here, onC after
the other, ever since you've been gone,
asking when you'd be back.
We'll, I'm back now& answered
Uncle Wiggily with 4 laugh that made
his pink nose twinkle twice as fast.
What did they want?'
II don't know. But here comes Sam
mic Littletail now. You may ask him, y
spoke Nurse Jane.
Along through the grass came hop
ping the little rabbit boy.
'.Oh, Uncle Wiggilyi' he cried. "Will
you come and play with us?'
PLAY what and with whom3' asked
Mr.. LongeRrs.
rPiay Roly- Poly" went on Sammie,
s'It's lots OF fun. You have a rubber
ball and you make some little holes In
the ground, just big enough for the
AubDNI bNAAs AAAEA wv aAA 81 ~
gether, after we have each picked out
Il hole. Some one rolls the ball, and
II II goes into the hole you stand near
you have to run, take out 5se ball and
chase after tho rest Of u.s.
"That sounds nice" said Uncle Wig
gily. How long do / rum
ooh, you run with the ball In your
paw until you get near enough to one
OF us to throw the ball at us And
whomever YOU hit has to be IT nest
time, and roll the ball, and get 1t In
some other hole, and so on! Don't you
want to play2"
''Oh, MOI Uncle wiggily doesn't want
to play any such game as thatl' spoke
out Nurse Jane.
'oh, yes, / guess ] do" said the
bunny with a laugh. II haven't played
the Roly-Poly game since ! was a little
rabbit like you, Sammie, I'll come and
have some fun
Don't hit Uncle Wiggily too hard
with the bali II you throw It at him,
Sammie!" called out Nurse Jane.
cob, II won't hurt to he hit with a
rubber ball" laughed the rabbit boy,
sWill X, Uncle Wiggily?'
mot a Bit" answered the bunny rab-
Bit gentleman, laughingly, And then, 80
he might have mode fun, he put on his
old clothes, and a cap instead OF his
tall silk hat, and away he hoped Will
Sammie, over the fields and through
The woods to the Roly- Poly game.
There they are; Hear emf" called
Sammie, as he and his Uncle WlggilN
hoped from a grassy valley to the tol
OF A messy hill.
The bunny rabbit gentleman coult
hear glad, happy shouts OF the ANNA
bows.
M sounds like lots Of fun!' said Mr.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19
PASSENGER LEFT
UNSH0D ON TRAIN

On his trip from Alva, Okla, to Men,
phis after Emerson Queen, Joe Hodg-
son, sheriff. witnessed an amusing Incl
dent-amusing to everyone except the
person vitality concerned, According to
Hodgson the train they were on was
Just slowing down for a small town In
Oklahoma when a passenger, who had
removed his shoes for comfort, left hts
seat to view the scenery from the other
side OF the coach,
Two passengers arose to get off the
train. One stopped, picked up some
thing and tossed II through an open
window. Hodgson saw the motion, but
thought 1t wasN merely a bundle of
trash, After leaving the station the un-
shod passenger resumed his seat. He
looked for his shoes, but they were
gone. He called the porter and they
both looked, the irate passenger closely
scanning the footwear OF each passen-
ger, But the shoes were not TO be
found and the iuckless passenger con-
tinued the journey hootless.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19

MAGAZINEF FEATURES
SVNCH WIGGIIY
kBEDTINE STORY j
UNCLE WIGGILY AND ROLY-POLY.

Longears, his eyes, as wen as his nose,
twinkling.
1T is!' cried sammie. Come ont
Hurry up"'
"Oh, here's Uncle Wiggily.i called
all the animal boys, as they saw SAM
mie bringing Mr.. LongeaTs TO the game,
Nov for q good timei'
Uncle Wiggily dug himself a little
hole IN the sand, next to those made by
the animal boys for the Roly Poly
rubber ball TO roll into. II was the turn
Of Jackie Bow Wow, the puppy dog
chap, to roll the soft rubber ball.
There i goes IN unsle MigSiHy y
the duck. Now you got to hit one OF
us. Uncle Wlggily."
IAN right!T laughed the bunny rab-
bit. Quickly he ran to his hole In the
sand and took out the rubber ball.
The animal boys all ran as fast and as
fast as they could so as not to be hit
and made to be ut" But Uncle Wig
gily was a good hopper and runner,
even II he did have the rheumatism at
times, and soon he caught up to Billie
Wagtail. the goat chap.
"Thump!' went the soft rubber ball
on Billle's back, and then he was 1T
Well, the game went on this way Tor
some little time, and then, when ~ was
the rabbit gentleman's turn TO roll the
ball. all at once out from the bushes
jumped the bad old fox.
"Burr-r-r-r.rr' barked the fox; ITS
about time / had a good dinnerl Now
I've caught you, Uncle Wiggily!
Yes, | guess you have sadly said
Mr.. Longears. "But before you take
me away to your den, as ] suppose you
are going TO do, and bite souse OH my
ears, win 0 Just let me finish this
Eyes" growIed the fox. II suppose
I shall have to. Roll away, but after
that along you come with mel,
Slowly and sadly Uncle Wiggily
rolled the Roly-Poly ball Il went IN
the hole lear Johnnie Bushytail' the
Look out, now!' suddenly chartered
Johnnie. Everybody look out but the
foxi' with that the squirrel boy ran
picked something up off the ground
and suddenly threw It at the fox. IL
hit him on his soft and tender nose,
and the fox howled and yowled n
cried
"oh, dear! This is no place. for me-
Nv nose is full OF splinters! What
kind Of a Roly-Poly game do you call
"Hal Hal" laughed Johnnie, II used
a round, prickly, stickery chestnut
burr, instead q the soft rubber ball
for you, Mr.. Fox DO you want any
mo" said the fox, my nose Is too
sore!" Then away he ran, not hurt
ing Uncle WlFgily at all, and the bunny
played Roly- Poly until he was tired.
But wasn't II smart OF Johnnie TO think
Of using a prlckly chestnut burr In
stead OF u rubber ball on the bad foxy
/ think so. And II the wind doesn't
blow the chimney off the house over on
top of the barn so the automobile has
TO blow smoke out Of the honk -honk
horn, TN tell you next about Uncle
Wlggily and the wooden man.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19
DECIDE T0nGlVE
IN TO ALLIED DEMAND

BERLIN, Sept, 10. (By the Associated
press)--The committee on foreign az
fairs of the national assembly has
decided, according to the Tageblatt.
10 nuiiify article 81 OF the constitution
by which Austria would be given rep
resentation In the German reichstag.
Kurt Won Lersner, head OF the t;er-
man delegation at Versailles, has been
instructed to inform the entente pow
ers that the demand OF the peace con-
ference relative to article 81 will be
complied with.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19
FIGHT ABOUT FENCE.

As the result of a quarrel over a
dividing fence, Dave Sneed, negro. .
Crematory alley, was shot five times
about 6 o'clock Friday morning rear
his home by a negro said to be VIII
seruggs. 10 Crematory alley, Sneed was
shot twice In the breast. twice In the
eft arm and once In the right shoulder.
Every bullet fired by his assailant took
effect
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19

After giving his last plane-changing
exhibition at the Michigan state fair
at Grand Rapids Thursday afternoon
In n driving rain, Lieut.. Arner Lock
lear, daredevil. left Friday for Memphis
where he will 60 through with his dar-
irg exhibitions at the Tri-State fair Sat-
utday and SUNDAY afternoons.
Accompanying Iocklcar are Lieuter-
arts Shirley short and Milton Elliott.
who, Lock,ear declares, are the only
fiiers In the country with whom he
would risk his neck In the hazardous
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19

plane changing feat, All three are
Southern boys, Locklear and Short be-
ing natives OF Fort Worth, while FL
lott is from Gadsden. Ala. Locklear
was instructor for the government and
while In charge at Barron field, Texas,
se'eeted and instructed Elliott and Short
for his feats of ~imprudence,
Mrs. Lcck'ear will come from Fort
Worth to witress for the first time the
stunts which have made her husband
the most famous of all chance takers
In the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19

on the part OF the railroads In handling
cars in the local yards will also be
investigated. II the situation requires
II, special men will be detailed for
making Investigations.
II was stated at the meeting that the
shipping public Is alive to the situation
and giving the railroads earnest CO.
operation In meeting the situation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19

m~atriculate at the opening of the Uni
versity of Tennessee Medical college
Friday morning. Miss Daltroff is the
sister of Miss Bette Daltroff, Of the
Southern Alluvial Land association, of
this city. She had been studying at
the University Of Missouri for the past
two years.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19

the street from Allen McNamara's moth
er. was challenged because he had
formed an opinion.
w. ID, Holland, Wilmington. farmer,
also was challenged for having n fixed
opinion,
store at Co~llierville, was on the stand
when court adjourned until the after
aeon session.
The mother of Allen Mcnamara sat
far forward In her chair, both her
hands g%rRsping the left shoulder Of
her son, who In on trial for his life,
as the veniremen were questioned, Both
she and Allen narrowly watched each
man al he gave answers to the ques-
lions propounded by tho attorneys for
the state and for the defense. A look
Of terror spread In the mothers eyes
AT the continued propounding by the
state OF such questions as:
do you believe In the death penalty
In cases OF criminal assaultY"
would you bring In a verdict OF
guilty against this defendant, Alien
Mcnamara, II the state convinced you
beyond n doubt OF his guilt, even
though that verdict meant his death In
the electric chair"
New rules for the courtroom were put
into effect by Judge Richards Friday
morning, as well as a different arrange
HiNAita tliu u why w NhiiAittiNNN " ANf''
Of the courtroom such as occurred
Thursday, when spectators were massed
solldly against one another. The spec
tntor's space behind the ratings was
filled with chairs, leaving alsles behind,
through the middle and on each side,
The center space In the courtroom
proper In front OF the railing, was di.
vested Of chairs. excepting two rows
of eight each, and a single row along
the railing.
No one was permitted inside the rail-
ing excepting lawyers, court attaches
and newspapermen covering the trial,
and the family OF the defendant, The
last named were seated In the second
row OF chairs. Attorneys In the case oc-
cupied the first row OF chairs, Report
ers sat at an especially provided press
table, or In the empty jury box, An
other table provided writing space for
two expert court stenographers, Bill Orr
and Charles Sturdivant, who are taking
the case for the state and the defense,
respectively. A deputy sheriff guarded
the entrance to the railing,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19
C0NFESSES THEFT or
CHIEF SMITHS CAR

Jack Coppedge, negro. arrested sun
day at sardis, Miss. IN a charge u
stealing a Ford automobile belonging
To Hulet Smith, chief of detectives.
pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon In
city court He was bound over to the
state,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19
MISS DALTROFF
WOULD BE DOCTOR

Miss Wilburta Daltroff, Of Wynne.
Ark, was the only woman student to
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
EXPLAINING FALL OF JERICHO
Scientists Have Shown How Happen
Ing at Which Many Have Scoffed
Was Quite Possible.

Many have refused to believe the
biblical suggestion that the walls Of
Jericho fell down before the Israelites
as result of the sound caused by
their shouts and the horns blown by
the seven priests.
Modern researches and discoveries
In regard to sound phenomena, how
ever, show that such biblical miracles
could be reconciled with natural law.
Vibration of sound is a thing the
possibilities of which we do not vet
understand. 1t Is said that one of the
great tenor singers can break a wine
glass by singing into its keynote.
The sub-bass Of the pipe organ is
known to rack pews to pieces with its
sympathetic note.
The authentic story is told of an
old fiddler who, angered by the work
men constructing the first suspension
bridge at Niagara, threatened to fiddle
1t down. OF course he was laughed
at, but, seating himself near the
bridge ne began to experiment with
MS bass string.
When he found the note that suited
him he sawed away on that note. The
cables responded and soon the bridge
was swaylng in an alarming fashion.
If he had not been stopped he might
have fulfilled his threat. In any case
care was afterward exercised to pre-
vent a particle of vibration in the
bridge.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
BEFORE The AGE OF STEAM
"Reminiscences OF Time When the
Stage Coach Was Most Important
Method Of Travel.

1T was hill village on the stage
road midway between 49, and -.
stage roads In the year 1870 varied
with the seasons from had TO worse. In
the spring they were rivers OF mud
through which the jaded horse,
dragged the coach YEARLY: III the
summer the passengers were choked
with dust. and in the autumn. by rea.
son Of the ruts and holes 10 the road,
they we're tossed about like dice III
box; In winter the roads were block ed
with snow, but the stage. when there
was a stage. always came into our
village with clatter of galloping
horses and sounding horn, its round
body. swung on leather straps. Its gal.
lent driver, Its four smoking horses
and its merry horns were followed by
shouting boys. who swung from the
straps of the boot .or fell on In a
cloud Of dust. The stage driver was
parsonage In every village thar de-
pended on his arrival for the daily
mail and the latest news from the out
side world. He was gazed upon with
awe by the children as sorr of hero
OF romance. who never worked. bur
drove gallop'ng horses back. and forth
through perpetual holiday. He was
an expert with the reins whose repu
tation was counties wide. AS he
whirled up to the tavern porch. the
leaders Of his team. which, 1t was
whispered, had been sold to the slagc
company by the farmers because OF
their vicious tricks, walked around to
the stable with dropping heads and
Into their familiar stalls az soon as
their traces were unlocked, as iauo.
cent-lookine as : If they had never
kicked a farmers boy or picked up
groom by the collar."--William Henry
Shelton in Century.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
BEST TREATMENT FOR GOLD"
inhalation Of Steam Declared to Be a
Remedy Superior to Admins
tratlon Of Drugs.

"What medicine may give my baby
when he has a cold2" This is cues
ton which is asked repeatedly. My
answer Is. "None." Not that the least
sign of cold should be lightly re-
garded. but because there are other
and better remedies than medicine.
Most drugs given for colds upset the
stomach. more or less, so much so that
few doses will seriously harm that
organ; and when an infants or small
chlld's stomach and digestion are dis
turbed not enough nourishnent is re-
tanned to keep up the child's strength
and combat the infectlon--for almost
every so-called cold" Is caused by an
infectious germ.
The most sane and efrectual method
Of treating chlldren's colds is by the
lnhallng OF steam, plain or medlcated.
and by the application of mustard or
some other equally good counter,irri-
tant. The steam ubricates and soothes
the lrritated and infiamed passages
which lead down into the lungs. as
well as the air cells of the lungs them
selves. The mustard paste affords re.
lief by drawing the blood from the
congested air cells in the lungs to the
surface of the skin. Either one of
these methods Is more sure and acts
more quickly in giving relief than any
treatment with drugs. Marianne
Wheeler In Peoples Home Journal
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
LONG BUSY PLACE OF TRADE
For Centuries, as Today. All Eastern
Roads and Caravan Routes
Meet at AIeppo.

From time. immemorial Aleppo has
been a meeting place of roads and
caravan routes, alike from the West
and from the uttermost East. Figura.
lively and literally all roads still, to-
day, In Asia Minor. and from the
South, lead 10 Aleppo. while In its
greatest bazars is to be found mer.
chandise from the ends of the earth.
Brass and silver work from India
Chinese worries and porcelain; lac
quered bowls from Japan; carpets and
rugs from everywhere where carpets
and rugs are woven. from China to the
Bosporus. and so on, almost indefinite
ly. Nothing else, as one writer justly
remarks, gives such an idea of Alep.
pos importance as one of the great
clearing houses of the East as these
enormous, unendlng. vaulted bazars.
lined with shops and thronged with
people. The grand bazaar of Stambui
Is great of Its kind. but the Aleppo
hazar is altogether greater. "You NAV
wander in II for couple of hours
aud never seem to go over the same
ground twice: always fresh ramlfica
lions come into view and give a choice
of fresh turnings to be taken"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
RAILROAD CONTROL
REVIEWED BY M'ADOO
PRESENTS ARGUMENTS IN. SUP.
PORT OF PLAN FOR FIVE
YEAR TEST PERIOD.

Washington.-Dire General Nc
Adoo, testifying before the senate
interstate commerce committee at
the opening of the hearings on the
future policy towards railroads, was
subjected to a fire OF questions bv
Senator Cummins of Iowa and Sem
ator Kellogg of Minnesota, Republic
cans. intended to develop why Mr..
McAdoo believes 1t advisable to turn
back the roads to private manage
ment as soon as possible, if congress
does not extend the period of fed
eral control for five years.
Both senator's argued by implica-
ton for retention by the government
of the railroads for the full q months
after the declaration of peace author
lied by the existing law and legisla
ton meanwhile by congress to pro-
vide permanent solution of the rail-
road problem
Mr.. McAdoo gave three reasons
why he does not believe IN retaining
control of the railroads for Il
months:
That railroad companies already
are challenging the authority of the
railroad administration to require
them to purchase certain equipment
and otherwise are not giving a full
measure of cooperation.
That some state railroad commits
sions threaten to dispute the right of
the federal Infringement 10 dictate
interstate rates in normal peace
times. and
That the uncertainty of the future
would cause a ferment within rail-
road organizations particularly de.
structive to morale of employees anI
officers.
To Senator Cummins comment that
he thought it little less than a crime
to turn back the roads at an early
date with the standards OF wages,
material costs and rails as they are
and that unless the roads are given
more time to prepare, git will bs
little short of disastrous" Mr.. Nc
Adoo replied:
II can nos foresee such a situation
at all unless the state commissions
and the interstate commerce commits
sion, ignoring the necessity for main
tanning wages and the rights of jusc
compensation, would reduce the rates
unjustly. My idea on this railroad
problem is to stabilize conditions for
five years, to play safe, and try OF.
unified management for that long.
Then we will know better how to
deal with the railroad question"
Mr.. McAdoo declared that his lin
clinations had always been against
public ownership and in favor Of
some sort of private ownership with
strong unified control" aud that he
was not in position to say whether
government operation, private opera.
ton by railroads merged into region
al monopolies, or diversified operation
by each road under government SD
pervision would be preferable
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH
NEWS.
By v. d s. Rooker.

by v. Ia >. BOOKER
Sunday was a high day around
and about the church. The Sunday
School opened promptly at $3.50 a. m.
and was largely attended. A very
splendid collection characterized the
first Sunday of the new year of 1888.
100 new Bibles were purchased.
The B. Y. P. U. at p. m. was large
ly attended. An excellent program
was rendered by the Junior Depart
ment. The IL a. m. service was
given over to covenants, and many
testified. 7:45 p. m. DR.. e. Arlington
Wilson, pastor, preached feom Pet.
$40, Subject: "Tbe New Years
Benedictory. Each service was large
ly attended.
Prof. Horton Of Kansas City, Kans.
made short talk at the close Of
the B. Y. P. U. AT the close of
the night service Miss Myrtle B.
Anderson made short remarks con-
corning her book Many copies were
purchased.
Read the Dallas Express. The
greatest Peace Council the world has
ever known has begun its work Of
shaping the destiny of Races and
Nations. Our future as race is
largely dependent upon this council,
and If we would be well informed
of its action regarding the darker
races, we must be informed by our
own press. The Dallas Express from
investigation is one of the strongest,
If not the strongest, Negro news
paper establishments in America
Let's support it and make it grow.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
LIFT DALLAS OUT OF TUE MUD.

In walking, for driving is impos-
sible in sections of the city inhab-
tied by Colored people, makes one
feel that the person responsible for
the origin of the phrase "the Negro
the most despised race" was true.
II the city commissioners who
boast OF Dallas greatness would
risk themselves in a car through
sections. referred to, probably would
substantiate the authors saying.
We admit certain improvements
must be made such as excavating,
putting in sewages, and gas pipes
the companies responsible should
at least repack the dirt upon the
streets with a roller and thus il
may be made passable to accept
light traffic, but as conditions re-
main traffic Of no sort can handily
make it. Appar sntly before a big
rain the various companies and the
city scrapers get busy in Negro
sections after completion heaps and
piles of dirt are left to cambat the
heavy rains, thus rendering impos.
sible for vehicles.
Tax payers you arc without repre-
sentation feel not embarrassed in dis
charging your dutl Get out your
petition and inform Mayor Lawther
of the pledge he made in soliciting
your vote. Crawling certain streets
was one of the pledges. Streets i'm
passable at Roseland, Cochran.
Trinidad, Boil, Paramount, portion
of Leonard and Ciark.
Be manly, for he who fails to ask
seldom ever get any thing in return.
Get busy men and list Dallas out
Of the mud.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
Played War Game Safe

Spa. Belgium,-The former head.
quarters of the Kaiser and his gen
eral staff is disclosing some cxtraor-
dinarily queer facts these days about
the men who engineered the world
war. Take, for one, Hindenburg,
Germany's super-man. around whom
reams of poetry have been written
disclosing him as a fearless Napo.
leon leading his troops to victory,
As a matter of fact he spent great
deal of time in a wonderfully con.
structed "funk-holeY or .dugout un-
derneath the grounds of his villa
here. The kaiser, too, had SINH
lar hiding place at Neubois, near a
comic opera trench system about
which he is said to have paraded for
the benefit of motion pictures.