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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11

tation she acquiesceo, and closing the door behind her started down the stairs OF her first adventure in the big city! Copyright, 1919. Thompson Feature
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11

The shipments of shoes for our forces in France, according to General Persh- ing's demands, have aggregated 1S,5D hairs for each 25,o0o men month, or atout nine pairs a year for each man.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
MAKE THEM REJOICE

Our Young men who have been over there and over the
top were given a cordial welcome on their return home to Ten
nessee, and they appreciated it very much.
While they were away they suffered and endured, and now
that they are returned home again they should be made to
rejoice and not to regret their absence from home on such a
hazardous mission. Actual suffering was theirs. The long
marches; the loss Of sleep; the long waits between meals, when
food was scarce or backward in arriving; Sashing around IN
the icy mud OF the trenches, where they had to snatch a lew
minutes sleep when they could and in any way they could
the burden bearing over muddy roads, the rain and sie9 aho
snow, and the turbulence of the elements, all taxed Their spirits
and their muscles and their manhood, and the fact that they
came through it all is proof OF their nobility OF soul and OF
their sterling worth,
When the shells were bursting and the bullets were scTeech-
ing and whisting they stood their ground, and while all were
not cited for special bravery and given marks OF honor, all
deserved to be. They offered to their country their all, nctud-
ing their lives, and that these were not taken IS their good
fortune. They bore no charmed lives, They took their chances
and escaped.
When they put aside their uniforms and war aceoutrements,
and resume their places as a part of our civilian population, the
sacrifices which they made should not be forgotten, They
should be given opportunity TO begin life over again and make
up for the time which they have spent in the service OF their
country. Those who quit positions should be restored TO these
positions whenever possible. Their war experience has cost
them nothing in efficiency, and they will be as good or better
thar they were before leaving They should be shown every
consideration, and treated m such manner as to cause them to
be proud Of their adventure. This spirit is contagious, and It
will spread throughout the land and animate the growing youth
with 4 patriotism which will be a tower OF strength to thelF
country IN time Of need. With this spirit generally disseminated
and in case Of a future war, against which may the gods tore
fend us. there will be no talk Of CONSUMPTION or draft the youH
81 the land Will fly to the colors when called upon, as thel
forefathers have always done, # given a chance these yonnnf
men will take care OF themselves in civil hte, Just as they o'
during the red carnage Of war. They paid the price, or at leaS
an thai was demanded Of them, and they are worthy OF every
consideration and encouragement, Make them rejo'ee"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
A SAD ENDING

Il seems that The efforts Of The peace commissioners are
about TO come to a sad ending, if they have not already reached
Nj AS the representatives OF civilization they attempted a task
temporarily at least With the best intentions and with great
store Of ability and confidence they attempted to settle the trout
hles OF a distracted world, and for a time made commendable
nropress; but rivalrics and conflicting claims obtruded them
selves. first hating progress and then bringing things to a stop
III is most distressing, most tragic. One hope stu remains
Eivilzation cannot Surrender. 1t must go forward The WORK
rnust he done bv someone aud in some way, II the present
CONFERENCE is a failure, some OTHER agency must be called mtc
being to carry on the work, The world demands IT. and unless
cosmos completely yields to chaos peace must pc 9Itansen Im
n come way. and the law of force, OF beak and talon repealed
and done away with.
The sacrifices that have been made must not 60 for naught
The German must not be permitted to get away with tn
ftu;ts Il victory; his sins must be expiated or the world will b
thrown back into primordial savagcry, Surely there is wisdom
enough in the world to restore order and to prevent German
from becoming arbier and umpire OF the destin,es OF manklnt
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
FRANK Il. sIMONDs-

Russia, Austria and Hungary. These
Rumanians made a solid block OF some
thing like $4,000, 900 people. Today the
frontiers have been redrawn TO insiude
all but a minor fraction. -,
As 1t has been rebuilt, Rumanla VIA
consist, in addition 70 the old kingdom,
of the Russian province OF Bessarabia,
the Austrian province of Bukovina, the
Hungarian province of TransVlvanla
complete, and more than two-thlrns
Of the Hungarian province OF the Ban
at, one county Of which, after some
dispute has been allotted to Serbia as
| we'll as a corner about the city OF SEE
| Cedin, which has been allotted to Hun
| gary. In addition, It Is probable that
many minor divisions Of Hungary, IN,
| habited by Rumanians, will be included
within the new frontiers. As i Is de
| limited, the new Rumania will have
an area of l05, 900 to 10000 square
miles, Which is approximately the same
as that Of Poland and of Jugo-Slavlna
with a population Of between l4,00 wv
and Is, 900, 600, a population which, CIV
en- the Rumanian capacity for increase
will doubtless pass the 2O,0OO,0O0 MARI
within a generation.
Ii remains to glance at the new Hun
gary, which win be left after the out
wing regions inhabited by Siovaks ant
Southern S)avs and Rumanians hay
been subtracted. This state VIII haV'
between Sc 1000 and 10000 square mile
Of area, and a population ~ betwesi
purelv Magyar and include by far til
greater number Of the Magyars.
Such, in sum, is the new map Q
Europe as it has been made up to tn
present moment. The conference q
Paris has decided to Great four com
paratively considerable states, three {
them as large as modern Italy, ont {
-.-lt.rIag aopuippd hN EprmanN. Rus
sia and Austria, in past centuries b
|, suppressing the liberties Of the race
~nhabiting these lands, In the ne
European system and in the league
/ nations these four powers will play
, considerable part, In a measure the
= win restore the balance Of powen
< Europe destroyed when Russia &C
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
APRIL S, 1894.

APRIL D, lS9A,
7 II, Martin, of Memphis, was at
New Orleans, presiding over the meet
ing of the Southern Grocers assocla-
ton. in convention there. He was pres
ident OF the association.
announcement was made that the
ponlar street market would be opened
within 80 days. 1t was to be a pubic
An ordinance was passed by he city
council prohibiting female newsdealers
from appearing on street. Girls
81 immature Years selling papers on
he streets was the cause.
Cen. Luke Il. Wright addressed the
city council on behalf OF the Cumber.
I land Telephone company, that wanted
n contract with Memphis in regard %
building a headquarters on Madison
avenue. t,
Richard Fourchy, inspector Of public
buildings from Washington, II. c., was
IN Memphis taking measurements O
the United States warehouses, lookint
10 their improvement.
Corn could be purchased on the loca
market In car lots at AZ cents a hushel
lnats in bulk at 81 cents a hushel
! cholce leaf lard was selling at ! an'
So cents q pounl.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
WRONG

A society in Flushing Of which Ellis
Parker Butler is a member, gave a
feast to a crowd Of fresh air children
shipped out from New York city: But
Ter helped wait on the table, He no
ticed particularly a hungry looking boy
with a face SO freckled that it was
practically one large freckle, The lad
had three helpings OF everything IN
sight and still looked worried.
Butler studied him; doubtless he had
come from one of the poorest OF East
side families; probably never had a
square meal In his life. The author
hurried to the kitchen and returned
With a big wedge of apple pie, which
he placed before the hungry one. He
hung around for a moment to watch
developments.
A look of indignation swept over the
| freckIed boys face as he turned to a
neighbor: -.
of apple pie without cheeseY
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN.

Secretary of the Treasury Glass has
definitely announced that the Victory
Liberty loan campaign will begin on
April 81 and close on May ~; me
interest which the various classes Of
notes win yield will not be announced
until Just before the campaign opens.
The treasury has authorized the imme-
0a0 600 loan certificates Of indebted
ness. dated Dec. S and maturing ordi,
nariiy on May 8. at pal, and accrued
interest to the date of redemption. This
action was taken because i was ap-
narent that, this issue would have TO
he refunded before the proceeds of the
Victory Liberty loan could reach the
treasuryA The federal reserve banks
have been authorized to make the re-
demptions in cash., at the holders op-
ton. after 10 days notice.-From Bull
letin of Guaranty Trust Co. of New
| Work
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
Wv. q Memphis Twice Told Tales =, 70 years :. ~'s
APRIL 5, 1909.

APRIL s., 1909.
Civil engineers who measured the
MONTGOMERY park track, announced that
three feet from the inner rail ii meas
ured 5,2slM, or a foot and a hall over
a milea
sands Of Memphians, died at the age OF
'John L, Baltimore, 27 years old, a
former patrolman Of the Memphis police
department, attempted suicide by cut
ting his throat with a razor.
Frrink Palmer, IL years old, while
PLAYING In front Of his home, 625 Poplar
avenue, was run down by a horse pull
ing a buggy and badly hurt,
Evangelists Long and Dunn opened a
t5-days' revival meeting at the Church
OF Christ, Cooper street and Gaylord
avenue,
r. r. Bonds was sworn in as a deputy
| clerk in the office Circuit Court Clerk
Thompson. The oath was administered
in Division one of the court by Judge J.
F. Young.
Shelby county was in debt to the
amount of Ss2i .slS, according 10 the
quarterly financial report submitted BY
J Chairman A. c. KimbFoughs 81 The
county court
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05

WALKER d. Hines.
DIRECTOR OF railroads.
WASHINGTON, d. c,
>
MY DEAR Mr.. Hines.
ss
COMING OUT of New Orleans
AT 6 o'clock at night.
ON A railroad train.
WITH 4 sleeper on it.
THAT GOES to New York.
AND YOU sell me a berth
AND ALONG about nine.
GO TO bee,
AND THE train stops
IN A country village
AND IT'S very quiet.
49,
FOR A minute or two
AND THE engine whistles.
AND WHEREVER it is.
= IT GOT its whistle,
DON'T know.
BUT IT'wssn't a whistle
IT WAS a moan.
AND RIGHT away.
THERE CAME an answer
FROM ANOTHER lost soul.
AND A few minutes later.
THE SECOND lost soul
STOPPED ON a siding.
RIGHT BESIDE my window.
WHERE 7 was lying down.
AND I looked out.
AND THERE was a colored gentle
man
sHovELING COAL.
INTO THE firebox.
OF THE SECOND lost soul
AND IT whistled again.
RIGHT IN my ear.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
COURT STRINGS

Some interest has been aroused over the suggestion that the
supreme court shall hear Shelby county cases at NASHVILLE
instead of Jackson.
About twothirds Of the cases from West Tennessee are
from Shelby county. 1t is said that the Memphis lawyers prefer
10 argue their cases in Nashville, as very little more time is lost
in going to Nashville than in going to Jackson.
The constitution provides that the court shall SIT at Knox
vile Nashville and Jackson, and special legislation is required
10 transfer cases from one division to another. ,
The court is anxious to have the Shelby county docket heard
IN Nashville, and many Memphis lawyers are in accord with the
views Of the court. The suggestion that the court should con
yene in Memphis to hear the Shelby docket is out OF the queS-
tion, as the constitution provides where the court snail st'
II the court has the Endorsement OF the Memphis bar in its
desire "a transfer the. Shelby county docket to Nashville, there
i no valid reason Wy it should not be done, notwithstanding
our belief that the convenience of the court should not be tho
first consideration
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
FoREWARNED.

A very absent minded young protest.
sor recently took unto himself a wife,
and for some time she evinced no signs
of uneasiness with respect to their flu
ture happiness, One afternoon, how.
ever when he was leaving for a short
trip she signed and said to him:
II am afraid, darling, that you WV
very soon forget me. ..o,
the professor rejoined. See! have
tied two knots in my handkerchief"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
The Public Be SerUed
(REa.Ga.REE.A~
~ K.c.B.

AT THE open window.
AND THE first engine answered.
AND THEN another,
AND EVERY little while.
THE ENGINE next to me.
WOULD EXPLODE
AND GET together again.
AND WHISTLE.
AND THE others would answer.
AND FOR how long it lasted.
DON'T know. FL
BECAUSE I'd lost my watch.
DOWN UNDER the mattress. H.
BUT ANYWAY.
IT SEEMED to me.
IT WAS along about midnight
AND WE started again.
AND l dozed a little
AND WE came to a stop. ,
IN A. railroad yard. /
AND A switch engine came,
AND TOOK the train to pieces.
AND TOOK the pieces, Al
AND RAN all over the yard.
UNTIL it won the game.
OR WHATEVER it was.
IT WAS trying to do.
AND ALONG about daylight,
WE qorstogether again
AND A little while later.
| IT WAS time to get up
AND l want to ask you.
If YOU think it's right.
TO SELL me a berth.
AND THEN whistle at me.
AND PLAY games with me-
WHEN I should have been sleepir
I THANK you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND cHEEh.
Compiled by John g. Qpinlus' Inv
Sunshine Man.
The Dylnu of Self.

John xii, 12-S6.-'Except a corn OF
wheat = . = die!' Yes, it is through
death we pass to life. Discipleship IN
which there is no death can never De
truly alive. The nipping winter is es-
sential TO the green n floWery sprmet
No tomb, nc resurrection glory! ~
cry life there must be a grave an" ssts
must be buried within II.
we must die to self in cur prayers
In many prayers self is obtruslVe ann
aggressive from end to end. IL Is sel!f
self, self, That self must be SacfilEeo9
we must make more room ior olhers
in our Bqpplications, a "a thn a1trnist|
be born. And 'if it die, it Nbrlnget
forth much fruit" There are multi
! tudes Of protesting Christians Who
would experience a wonderful resuFEec-
| ton If they were more gwen 70 Hos
| pitality'' in their communion Win inc
Isnd II self die in our prayers, no
where else viii it be seen. That whlch
Is truly slain when we are upon our
knees will not reassert itseit wheh Ms
return to common WAYS OF WoTk anu
service. And, therefore, let the corn ~
wheat. fall into the ground ana ole!71
J.. H. 'Jowett,
The sea is but another sky,
The sky a sea as well, A..
And which is earth, and which ths
heavens, 4.
The eve can scarcely tell. y
So when for us life's evening honr
Soft passing shall descend,
Nav glory, born of earth and heaVen'
The earth and heavens blend;
Flooded with peace the spirit float,
With silentSrapture glow,
1 F,syt ..l-uo aapfh nnnE and hHARel
begins
The soul shall scarcely know.
Samuel Longfellow.
DAYTON, Ohio.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05

The agrarian movement in the Dakotas and elsewhere in the
Northwest is bringing the farmers together and educating them
10 enjoy the benefits of cooperative selling OF their products
and Chicago is establishing community markets to handle these
products and distribute them to consumers at the lowest poss'o'e
cost,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05

REGULAR POETRY.
Oh, it takes o lot of sand to be a soldier,
Against the rushing foe to stand;
But no matter how unpleasant,
He always answers present
For a soldiers always got a lot of sand,
oh, it. takes a lot of dough to be a citizen,
For the profiteers just keep him on the go;
He may show a timid feeling
When the prices hit the ceiling,
For the citizen hasn't always got the dough
When he was young poor Uncle Ned
Had funny noises in his head.
Those funny noises had begun
Before he had reached twenty-one,
They worried him throughout his years
The docs were baffled, it appears.
His was a melancholy fate, >
He died aged just a hundred-eight.
His death was caused, the doctors said,
BY funny noises in the head.
There was a young girl in Hohokus
Who was given a fine education,
But she married a barber
Who wore white coat and trousers.
And spent her whole life at the dashboard,
The time has come the allies said,
ITO talk Of many things
lndemnities and boundary lines
And SNkhages and kingsas
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05

The Memphis boys gave a good account OF themseNe'
broad and deserve a hearty welcome when they reach home
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05


The third OF the states to be created
is that Of the Jugo- Slavs, Here q
single difficulty had to he faced, and
has not yet been fully resolved. From
the Alps to Danube, the DraVe river
constituted \ natural frontier when
substantially divided the Germans from
the Sloyins inNthe west and the Hun
garians from the Serbs In the east,
Minor notifications to take in outly-
Ing Serb fractions beyond the DraNe,
the Danube and the Thesis have been
made, hut substantially the northern
frontiers OF Jugo- Slayia will be the
, brave and the Danube from the new
, Italian frontiers at Trieste and the old
Bulgarian frontiers at Widin. On, me
east, the old Serbian frontier will pc
= maintained. Along the Adriatic, win
, two exceptions, the sea supplies the
e natural frontier, but In Dalfnatia ana
i about Fiume and Trieste, Italian ana
: Jugo- Slavic aspirations have ciashed
d and this clash has supplied one OF the
most difficult questions of the whole
o conference. These difficulties were en-
HANGED by the fact that at the MO-
ment when Italy entered the war, the
French and British governments nae
guaranteed to Italy not only the pos
session of Trieste with the SlaN Hunter
land, but also the possession OF tDe
northern half OF Dalmatia, and mos
!, Of the Adriaite islands. Whatever may
be the justice Of the Italian elalin'
ms to lstrla, there Is no mlsthhHhe ny
!. fact that the great mass Of the peopl'
Z, Of Daimatia are not merely SlaN' pu
~ determined to become part OF the neV
Jugo Slavic state At the present mo
w ment the problem remains TO pc SCI
nn tied, hut there is a growing beliet ths
II a compromise will he reached by whlcl
=. Italy, while retaining the Adrlau
~ Islands, VIII exchange most, not 9
81 OF her share of palmatia, for the whol
IN Italian town OF Flume, which wa
"a not included in the regions guarantee
oaS TO her by the allies, but comstituie
~ an unmistakable fraction OF ltaha II
ia redenta, -.
rs The new Jugo-Slavic state will the
III have an area approximately. as gres
IA as that OF Poland and Of italy hetsel
~ with a population OF between le,VVV,
t,n NV 900 and H. 900, goo. This population w
~ be almost without exception SlaNont
w made up of three branches OF y
NJ Southern Slav family, the sloNins
~ the north. the Croats in the Genie
nv Nv and the Serbs In the south. X VI
"" offer an opportunity for commercial ~
~ vancement and there Is every feast
To look forward 10 the rapid aeVelol
80 ment Of still another considerable "
~ w ton In Europe " only the present Wy
ousies between the SlaV and the ieli'
os- can be removed,
he, Rumania Is Easier.
Less formidable h the task
to | creating a new Jugo-Slayla and q ht
rrt. ! Poland or even a new Czecho- SiaNoh
er. IS the task Of extending Rui2anla
on. include the RuI1ahians awehlhk~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05

Memphis should turn out and give her returning soldiers
rousing welcome when they arrive.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
IT'S A TOUGH LIFE.

i n 70 ETET'
A gentleman by the name of skibbs went out to skate on a pond
near his home in Massachusetts the other day. He sat down on a tree
and adjusted his skates and made a mad dash for a grand skid
the pond. Mr.. skbbs was going by the calendar only, and he
neglected to note that the water in the pond had not been frozen. 1t
has been an open winter, When Mr.. skibbs had been dragged out OF
the mud at the bottom of the pond and returned to his family almost
haIf alive he resolved in future whether the calendar says January or
June. to do his skating at the 0. X, roller rink downtown,
RemAs J. Purdy, a n eminent scientist at Hog Ford, KY, was e-
perimentng the other day on a process of making good corn whisky
ont of gasoline and salpeter. So far as he knew, nobody had ever in
vented a satisfactory substitute for whisky, and he expected to make
a fortune nut of II. MIR. Purdy had just taken a drink of his invention
and struck a match to light his pipe, The funeral was held from what
remained of the house.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05

The Turk should be made to remove his bloody knife from
Vie throats Of the weaker peoples who are in his power,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05

From 1856 TO 1856 Addison H. Doug
lass was the mayor of Memphis, A
son of the talented Burchett Douglass,
he Inherited a natural aptitude for ora
tory, and in his later years gained con-
siderable fame as a criminal lawyer
He also served as judge Of the criml-
nal court. For years so Judge :. IL
Malone, noted historian, says, Doug
lass was one Of the most striking char
acters upon the streets of the CITY,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05

Among other things, Brooklyn has the largest Mormon
hurch outside of Utah.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05

AS usual the politicians are getting into the game by~fight
ING for and against Memphis bills.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
THE new FRONTIERS OF EUROPE"

lapsed under German attack. Com
bined, they will constitute permanent
and formidable obstacle to the German
conception of M~itteleuropa. Instead
of a number of subject peoples supply
ing cannon fodder for their German
masters, we shall have at least four
races, with tAeir own institutions, their
own organizations, only looking to the
western power alike for Inspiration on
the intellectual side, assistance on the
material side, and aid on the military
side, II Germany resumes her ole
course, millions of Poles, Czechs. Ru'
| manians and Southern Slavs will be
in the nature of things, allied with thu
western powers and not form a largl
fraction Of Germany's military resource
In her attacks,