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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
BAPTISTS MAKE GOOD
PROGRESS IN YEAR

Cohierville was selected as the next
meeting place for the Shelby County
Baptist association and the Rev. A. i,
Boone, pastor of the First Baptist
church Of Memphis, was chosen To
preach the annual sermon. The two
day session of the association which
closed at the Temple Baptist church
Thursday afternoon was pronounced
one of the best the association has ever
held.
The Rev. G. B. Smalley, pastor of the
McLemore Avenue Baptist church, was
elected messenger to the state conven-
ton at Cleveland, Tenn, in November.
The delegates elected to the Southern
Baptist convention were the Rev. II. P.
Hurt and Rev. C. l.. Owen.
A gain of 440 in membership was reg
istered in the "a Baptist churches of the
Shelby county association. There are
now 1850 Baptists in the county, ac-
cording to reports submitted to the con
v%ention. Last year the sum of $111,-
853.2S was contributed to religious
work.
All phases Of religious work in which
the Baptist church Is engaged were dis
cussed and all departments were found
to have made excellent progress during
the past year.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
eTold
JULY 1s, 1909.
Ten Years Ago Today In Memphis


Quite a sensation was occasioned in
New South Memphis when it was
learned that Newlan l.. Lamar, 81 years
old, had been welded 10 Miss Nellie
Johnson, IL years old and small for
her age.
In "a gun fight between wealthy cat
tlemen Of Neshoba n Newton Couh-
n II. j. Mcdonald were killed and
Cornelius Chisholm ana Murphy Nc
Donald were wounded.
1t was announced by the contractors
that the Scottish Rite cathedral IN Tn
ion avenue, opposite Forrest park, would
be completed by. Oct. l., and that it
would be one Of the most slightly build
ings in Memphis.
A woman patron Of the postoffice
left a beautiful blonde wig, neatly
wrapped in tissue paper at the stamp
window, Employees or the postoffice
discovered a dark brown woman max.
ing off with the toupee.
The ordinance granting to the town
of ~Binghamton the right to connect
with sewers of Memphis was vetoed
by Mayor Malone.
James Burke, for nearly 30 years a
chief of the Memphis fire department,
and one Of the best known men in the
city, died at his home, 519 Concord
avenue, of paralysis.
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret p.
Swan, widow Of Judge William G, Swan,
who died at the home OF her sister,
Mrs. Mary Mcmahon, in san Francisco,
Cal, 10 days before, was held at the
grave in Elmwood cemetery. with the
Rev. A.. b. Curry, d. D, officiating.
Memphis market for SO a dozen, Choice
Irish potatoes were selling at rs cents
and 81 a bushel. Homegrown toma-
toes could BE bought for 81 a bushel.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
A v THOUGH 1T RAINS

Save for your country, save for yourself" is one of the
mottos Of the agents OF the treasury department now soliciting
the workers OF Memphis to buy war savings stamps and thrift
stamps. Save till it hurts" was the idea pounded in when the
Liberty bonds were being foated.
To save for a rainy day has been the plea of all investment
schemes since the time financing was born. But will the securi-
ties now offered the American public one can save even while
it rains.
For Is cents one can buy a thrift stamp. After sixteen are
bought they are eXchangeable for war savings stamps These
latter bear interest OF i per cent, compounded quarterly. No
matter how hard it rains the wage-earner, even though his
stipend be small, can pinch out "two bits at a time, and before
a year has passed it will be surprising how the little nest egg
will have grown.
50 buy now. Take an interest in your government Besides
getting the greatest security on earth forayour savings YOU will
be a better citizen, you will take interest in your government
in a sense proprietary.
Save even though it rains"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
Moving Pictures
Majestic,

Tom Moore doesn't pretend to know
anything new about a girls ~inconsist-
ency and certainly he doesn't think he
ing trait in feminine Character Rut he
does smile at it now and then-now
Just a little more than ever. His screen
plays make him cognizant of human
nature Tor two reasons, the first being
that he Is forever in the midst of one
ana the second because his pictures are
are, His newest is zone of the Finest"
a comedy-drama in which he assumes
tne role OF a mounted policeman whose
adventures are not at all those expected
OF a man in his position. He is fea-
and Saturday. ING
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
Strand

aurora Ma~rdiganian, heroine in 'Auc-
non OF Souls" which closes a weeks
engagement at the Strand Sat,irdav
night, IN the eight reels goes through
an untold succession of horrible scenes
Sne escapes from the Turks, is can
tuTed by the wild Kurds of the desert
soid as a slave, put in a harem, takes
Leiuge with monks, and at last is saved
where she has talked and writtan of
ana finally acted out her experiences.
IN Auction of Souls" which is the
story OF her narrowing years in Ar.
menia, every detail of the story fol-
lows the actual experiences of this little
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
'OK65PaT
of +
II A0y NNoQAo1:

wIzARDRY.
A thousand roses in my garden grow;
And yet there arr no two
In form and gracefulness alike; and though
They all delight, none in such beauty blow
As this l give to you.
A thousand tender thoughts awake to greet
Affections, old and new;
But though they may a comradeshp entreat,
And breathe a restfnlness, none IT so sweet :,
As these 1 have of you.
What is this wondrous alchemy that brings
Such charming wizardry?
How is ii you alone have kept loves strings
Attuned within my heart, until it sings
In endless melody?
james Terry White.
There is only one thing that sets us against warm weather. We
like the heat and we like the humidity and the thunder and lightning
and the mosquitoes and flies and sand feas.
the ambition out of contributors. Contributors who work hard all win
ter, night and day, pounding out good stuff for the column, just seem
to fight it out alone. Just when we need a rest the most we have to
work. We wonder If contributors ever think of that while they are sky
salad while the old man is sitting in his office in front of an Under
wood that has a hot box and with the hot sun pouring down on the back
There is something wrong about it.
ALL RIGHT, OLD PAL.
Dear Roy-Ahow me to correct you! The best piece of news since
the signing of the armistice was that of the landing of Read in Lisbon.
We are glad to see that the English sport was saved, but the best news?
Oh, shame, SHAME on you!-The Greenpont Rambler.
In Japan the ccnsors do not allow kissing in the movies. But who
wants to live in Japan, anyhow?
If our mandate in Armenia allows us to hand it to the Turks when
we please, it may be worth while.
Maurice Maeterlinck says it will be much easier to die in the future.
And most everybody would rather die in the future, too.
We hear much now of another coal famine next winter. Why not
let MS have this years ice famine first? One at a time, please.
Detroit will have a worlds fair in 1923, but probably it will be
impossible to see the fair for the fivvers. .,
The Germans want to get their kaiser back home, which only proves
once again that there is no accounting for tastes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
Princess.

~, Mary Pickford's Photoplay, Behind
Prin scenes, VIII be presented at the
Behind the Scenes is a delightful neen
thhto tne mazes of theatrical life from
me other side of the footlights. nv
margaret Mayo, who wrote he famous
farce success. Baby Mine" and other
successes. The authors charmins
t tbba ns n enhancing glimpses into
ne world OF make believe are accentu.
ated by the delightful -personaIitv "
tne little star, who interprets every sitI
uation with artistry. The story is drs
matic, softened by many humorons
rlasnes, and heightened by an intense
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
BANK BUYS ROAD BONDS

PINE BLUFF. Ark. July Is. (Spl.)-
The National bank of Arkansas, OF this
city, Thursday purchased $500, 600 worth
of bonds from the Warner Gould -Tyro
road Improvement district at $1.0S16,
with interest at 6 per cent
The road will be built from Warner
to Gould and Tyro and an extension will
run to Star City. At Gould another
extension will run to Douglass. The
road win be "a miles long.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
TO MRS. BESSIE BROOKS

tReflection on her gift of an art gallery
to Memphis,)
To Art. the gift of marble stone
That decks a hin in Memphis park
Calls up in thought the Pa%rthenon,
Which Grecian mind. a soaring lark,
Essayed to reach Olymptan height,
And famed this world with Wisdom's
Light. -,
Not yet the gift has touched the soul
or those to whom you freely gave
For Mars still claims his mournful toll
OF gallant youths who fought to ave
For ages long in foreign land
The worlds domain from %tyrants' hand,
But soon thy gift will re-create
Another race Of modern mold
And through It's blood will permeate
The love for Art the same as old,
For beauty lives TO charm the mind,
And when she dies, then dies mankind.
Il. w. HIRSH.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
L I0L,D BREAr

Frugal housewives in Michigan are
reported to be making beer from stale
bread left from their tables, An old
Bohemian called beer liquid bread, SO
It's nothin' new
Suppose Liquid bread should be
made the name of a near bear. DO
you suppose 1t would get by the non
two and three-fourth per cent law en-
forcers?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
YES, LOOSE N TOO

Last winter a woman passenger on
an Eastern railway asked the porter
why the train had stopped between
stations,
oh" said Rastus. the engineer done
found a broken raN''
Well said the woman, why stop
for that DO the passenger trains on
this road stop to pick up every broken
rail they find along the track ?"-Car-
toons Magazine.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
NJ

Dug up from an ancient tome and
accredited to Bill Nye;
l..
Oh, the cucumber grew by the deep
rolling sea,
And It tumbled about In reckless glee,
TIL the summer faded and the grass
turned brown,
And the farmer plucked 1t and took
1t TO town.
Wrinkled and warty, bilious and blue,
1t lay In he market the summer
through,
TIL a woman with freckles upon her
cheek
Led in her husband so mild and meak
III.
He purchased the fruit at her request,
And hid II forever beneath his vest,
For It doubled him up like a Kangaroo,
And now he sleeps bepeath the violeks
blue.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT.

evening in fine spirits, MY dear"
said he to his wife, this afternoon I
closed the deal FOR the new house. |
had the title examined and found It
perfectly clear. The examination cost
me a hundred dollars, but"
Nov, isn't that a perfect shame
exclaimed his Young wife, IAN that
money wasted''-CarIoons Magazine,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
ICE FAMINE PREVAILS.

PINE BLUFF. Ark. July IS. tSpl)-
On account of The r""e0t evt~Nne''- y I
spell, Southeast Arkansas and North
Louisiana is a most la ,lrk all luc
famine. The factories here are being
called on to supply as much as they
can spare TO relieve the scarcity of ice
In the localities south of here. The
local ice distributors have announced
that for the rest OF thu heated 'arm
they would make one delivery on sun
day and curing the weeN ~ou.u ln.ae
additional trips.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
FAMILY NAME MIsNoMER.

Senator Colt upholds peace" runs
a headline. Can 1t be that the senator
is going to forget his %patronymic sug-
costing AS and other playthings OF
strife?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18

The Republican party was born with an idea to put into
effect a constructive program. 1t grew rapidly. Now its one
idea, internationally, is to let things be as they were when they
refuse thus to remain, so far as America is concerned. Progress
lives and grows. Reaction stands still for a season and dies
What looked, after the last election, like certain defeat for the
Democrats in the next campaign now looks like the Republican
congress will insure the return of a Democrat to the White
House.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
FIRST U. S. COTTON TO
REACH PRAGUE JULY23

PRAGUE, July 18.-The first delivery
of American cotton here since the war
will take place on July 20, it is an
nounced. Three thousand bales are to
be delivered on that date. Ten days
later 20, 900. additional bales. are due.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18

On July 4 a lad took another's car, used it 4 few hours
and abandoned 1t, damaged possibly to the extent of 500. He
had not been reared, not even raised, but Just grew UP. In 1914
a gentleman of purest Virginia lineage and the best associations
stole $l,Ool,OOO from a bank. Both were tried this week. Each
was condemned to a penitentiary term which permits his parole
at the end OF one year. Which will be out first?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
Ye Edito1.N Mods
81 sJolts and Jcsfs
EG% Slipped Past
RWThe Bl..c Pencil
CAVE MAN NON A

81 took poison because he hit me-" Is
a new Xcuse In former days possess
sion Of a black eye elevated in the So
cial scale some women who would point
TO the trade mark of thelcave man with
considerable pride.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18

Prather Mcdonald Is Belgian consul
In Memphis, John Galella Is Italian
consul, Both these countries are wet.
Can these gentlemen's homes as m
bassies be storage houses for drink
ableS?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
OH. WE'LL.

Senator Sherman Raps Peace" could
hardly be otherwise II the old definition
OF war Is accredited to the proper
source.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
.LE2SNER TO LOOK OUT
FOR HUNS AFFAIRS

VERSAILLES, July 1S.-Announce-
ment is made here semiofficially that
Baron Kurt Won Lersner, head of the
German mission here, has been APP
pointed charge d'affaires to look after
German interests in France.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18

According to the gospel OF Henry Ford, an idealst is one
who helps other people to make a profit, Ford has made many
millions for himself and others, and his mind is firmly welded
to the question Of profits, and fears nothing but losses. A mer
cenary age we live in, truly.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18

Appointment of Baron Won Lersner as
diplomatic representative in France is
the first step by Germany In the re-
sumption Of such relations with her for
mer opponents. Baron Won Lersner
formerly was a secretary Of the Ger
man embassy In Washington. He has
been attached to the German peace
delegation since its arrival In Versail-
Loo 500
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18

Untermeyer asserts that the congress cannot define intoxi-
cants. A majority OF both houses think they knowit when they
smell it
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-07-05
The Doctor Bird,

One Of the humming birds OF ia.
maica has long been called doctor.
bird" but, curiously, 1t is not the same
bird which used TO be called so In that
island. Gorse, whose Birds of ia
maica" is standard and delightful
work on the natural history of the Is
land as he observed 1t half a century
ago, says it was the small mango hum
mer, now known as "plantain guide" "
because of It's preference for the banana
blossom. He says the name was given
by the people because of the belief
that it ministers to its comrades when
they are i'll or injured, but another
writer gives what is probably the cor
rect version when he says that 1t got
its name through having a much more
sober plumage than others of the
same family. At the present day
however, the name is applied almost
entirely TO the beautiful long tailed va
riaty, and hardly ever to It's duller
brother
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-07-05

! Garter, guard this after deck until
! Watkins and | come back Under nc
circumstances permit LeEere to enter
/ the cabin"
With the door closed, we were
! plunged into darkness which rem
/ dered the interior invisible / Won
| dered dimIy why the man on guard
! had not lighted the swinging lantern.
! stumbled over something on the
/ deck. as | CROPPED forward, but did not
/ pause until | had lighted the lantern.
1t blazed up brightly enough. its vel
low flame Illuminating the cabin and
the first thing ! saw was the out
stretched figure of the sailor almost
between my feet. We needed to ask
no questions, imagine nOthing-the
overturned chair, the stricken sailor
rGld the whole story. He had been
treacherously stuck from behind, the
blade driven home by strong hand,
and was dead before he fell to the
deck. 1t had been silent. vengeful
murder, and the assassin had left no
trace. Who could it have been? Not
GunSaules sureiy-the steward lacked
both nerve and strength for such a
deed. Then there was but one to sus-
pect-Sanchez,
I flung open the pantry door, but
one glance inside told me that Gun
sauloS had vanished. On the deck lay
the strands of rope with which he had
hoIn hai hnnr,
by sharp knife, the ends discolored
with blood stains. l held these out to
Watkins.
Cut since the murder" l said, land
by the same knife. What do you make
of it. Tom?"
"Well, sir, the thing he'd most likely
try fer wud be ter release them lads
amidships. My idea is, sir, he thought
he'd have time ter git the bulkhead
door open, before anybody cum be-
low-he an the steward, who'd know
whar the tools wus That wus the
scheme, only we busted in too quick.
That's whar they both are-skulkin'
back in them shadows"
He fitted the smoking lantern back
onto the shelf to have his hands free
for action. and drew a cutlass out of
the arm rack, running one leatherly
thumb along the blade to test its
sharpness. His eyes sought mine Ques-
tioningly.
Probably your guess is the right
one" l said soberly. well give it a
trial."
Murder had been committed for
purpose-it was the first step in an eff
fort to retake the ship. If we were
to retain our advantage there was no
time to be lost; we were pitted now
against Silva Sanchez, and he was a
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-07-05
FORTUNATE is HOMELY MAN
II UnduIy Attractive, the Unhappy
Male Seems Doomed to Misfor.
tune All His Life.

l have no objection whatsoever to
children being beautiful, or to young
girls being beautiful, or to a woman
of whatever age being beautiful. But
| do insist that for q man not to be
homely is his misfortune, Irwin s.
Cobb writes in American Magazine.
The handsome male starts with a
handicap at the very cradle.
Women of all ages insist on cooling
over him and talking baby talk to him
and chucking him under the chin and
kissing him-especially kissing him
and since he is not of an age to ap-
preciate these attentions the whole
procedure must annoy him fearfuIly.
Should his beauty last into his boy
hood the chances are that he has the
sort of mother who will make him
wear his hair long and force him to go
about publicly In broad lace collar
and q black velvet suit with sash
about his waist, and that means other
boys will call him by Extensively apt
nickNames and generally make his
young life burden to him.
Most woeful of 1t all, if still his
beauty STICK to him after he has ar
rived at mans estate, only a de-
termined and persistent struggle
against the odds of destiny and of cir
cumstances can save him from drift
ing into the ranks of the matinee
idols, the moving picture stars and the
fioorwalkers in the department stores.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-07-05
Gold Leaf on Wood.

The following method is given for
applying gold leaf on wood: The sur
face must first be carefully cleaned
and prepared, and when quite dry
treated with the appropriate gold size.
which is laid on with a very soft hogs
hair brush or can els-hair pencil; sew
eral coatings are applied, each being
dry before the application of the
other. end finally smoothed down. To
this surface the gold leaf, cut into
suitable sizes. is taken up by the tip
of a special brush and laid on, being
pressed down by dry camel's-hair
brush, and so on piece after piece IN
til the whole surface is covered FL
nally, when dry. certain parts of the.
gilded frame are FURNISHED with a
flint or agate burnisher specially made
for the purpose. The whole operation
requires certain amount of expert
ence to obtain satisfactory results.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-07-05

mot so badly as you suppose" she
said swiftly. He is able 10 be up and
about his Stateroom. I heard him
moving, and believe the steward has
told him what has occurred on board
ana endeavOred to bear a message
from him TO those men amidships. |
held my pistol to his head and locked
MIN in the pantry. He is there now,
with the sailor you sent on guard.
That is what | came on deck to tell
you"
HE is a danger, of course, but not a
serious one" | said confidently. at
IS safe enough to leave him undis-
turbed at present. The first thing |
need to do is to satisfy those men. I'll
attend to that now, and then see to
the proper securing Of Sanchez Re
main here with LeVere while 90 for
ward, and watch that he does not at
tempt to 90 below"
The fellows had not finished mess,
but | felt the danger of further delay,
and talked to them as they sat on
deck, explaining briefly the entire stiff
alton, and the causes leading up to the
mutiny. | dealt with the matter in
plain terms, making no apparent effort
to influence them, vet forcibly com
polling each individual to realize what
would be the result Of our recapture.
They listened earnestly, asking an oc-
casional question, and passing com
ments back and forth freely among
themselves
l sent Watkins to the cabin for
roll Of charts. and spreading these out,
endeavored as well as | could, to make
clear our probable position and the
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-07-05
Mends Granite Ware.

The government suggests we econo-
mize on kitchen utensils. To mend a
hole In granite ware work a piece
of putty until perfectly soft, then take
piece of the putty large enough to
cover the hole and put one piece on
either side Of the metal. pressing to-
gether inside and out. smoothing down
the edges. Place the vessel in a slow
oven and bake until the putty is a
deep brown. For containing water the
vessel will be as good as new.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-07-05

nearest point of land. When / had
completed the explanation. and stood
before them awaiting decision, it was
Haines who acted as their spokesman
This yere is Cape Howarth?" he
asked. grimy thumb on the point In.
dicated. "An' yer say It's bout hun
dred and fifty miles west?"
yes, about that?"
"An' thars no settlement"
"Some colonists fifty miles north is
ALL"
That's bout right" He turned to
the Others. "Say mates, this is how
figure. We can't go on no long cruise
with all those bloody rats in the hold.
They're bound ter find some way out
IL we give 'em time 'nough. Fer as I'm
concerned, I'm fer dividin' up whit
we've got, and ter hell with piratin'.
What 'er yer say, mates? Shall we
run the OF hooker ashore, an leave
her thar, while we tramp the coast?
We're just a shipwrecked crew. What
say yer?"
There was a chorus of approval suf-
ficient in volume to satisfy me, and l
accepted this as a decision.
'All right, lads" i said briefly. "In
my judgment your choice Is wise
one. I'll have an observation as soon
as the fog clears and We'll head in for
the Cape?'
"When do We divide the swag?"
FIFTY miles off the coast. That's
fair enough, isn't 1t? And my share
goes to you"
There was a struggling cheer, but /
broke it up with sharp order.
"Now stand by for work, all of you.
Watkins and Carter, want you aft"