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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-03
Blind MEN learn !
TO KEEP STORES.
=, N. Forrest, Trenton, Dem
onstrates Feasibility of
Government Plan.

stores patterned in a
way after the self-serye stores now
generally IN use throughout the conn.
ny are contemplated for use by sol-
olers noe in the world war, II gov.
5nnent plans are contaminated, THE
l1SA Is not 10 have a self-serye chain
o. stores but to establish stores con-
structed along standard lines and Ia
reach the blinded soldiers ne Location
~ AIucies which would be the Same
y al OF the stores and thus afford
mem a means Of livelihood.
~ operation of stores dealing In
fruits, candies, cigars and even gro
ceries by blind men can be made snc.
cessIui has been thoroughly demon.
surated IN numerous towns and cities
throughout the country ana much
thought and attention IS being given
me matter by officials having in charge
me training of the men who werethlind-
cd in the war.
An example Of the successful opera.
ton OF a store by a blind man Is that
operated by H. n. Forrest, at Trenton,
Tenn. MT. Forrest has been blind since
orth n for more than a quarter Of
q century has successfully operated a
store that does a flourishing business
\ ailords him a substantial means Of
Nvelhood. Some 10 years ago he mar
rled. His wife also IS blind and despite
ms handicap assists her husband in
his store and performs her household
duties, including the preparation Of
Guilty.
The idea Of the government is to Sc
lect 3 suitable pattern for a small
store, each shelf being set aside for
certain articles, The blinded soldiers
would then be taught the location Of
these articles and the stores established
Tor them in various towns and eities
throughout the country. preferably the
homes Of the blinded men.
1t is believed that by standardizing
the stores they could also be operated
by wounded soldiers who were not
necessarily blind, but would afford a
place Of employment for those who are
blind and would not necessarily COM
pei the clerk or owner to Temain in
one city or town. The fact that similar
stores in other cities had the same
arrangement Of stock would permit the
former soldier changing his place OF
employment il he deemed such a move
better for his own welfare.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-03
WILL TALK
COMMUNITY INTERESTS

JACKSON, Tenn, Sept. 8. (Spl.)-
Farm community development VIII be
the leading theme at the opening SEES
sion Of the annual meeting Of the
West Tennessee Farmers institute,
which convenes at the agricultural ex-
pertinent station tomorrow for q three
days gathering. DR.. j.. /. Griffin, Of
Tiptonville, is president and Robert s.
Fletcher, Jr., of jackson. is secretary
OF the association. 1t is expected that
there will be between 1000 and 1900
farmers in attendance. All counties Of
West Tennessee will be represented.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-03
DATES SET
F0R YAZ00 DISTRICT

YAZoO CITY, Miss, Sept. 8. (Spl,)-
The following fourth quarterly confer
ence dates have been announced by the
Methodist church for Ynzoo county:
Vaughan. at Wynn, Oct i-5; Benton,
Oct, as. Yasoo City, Oct. 10; Lake
City, At Carter. Oct 1i-ls; Eden, at
Eden, Oct, i2-t3; Satartia, at New
Hope, Oct, 20; Lintonia. at Anding, Oct,
so, With Bishop Kilgo presiding, the
Methodist church of North Mississippi
win hold It's annual conference at Aber.
deen, Mlun., Nov. ~.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-03
DAIRYMEN FINED.

/. Two dairymen charged with having
milk which did not come UP TO the
city standards were fined In city court
Tuesday afternoon by John Galella,
acting Judge. +. A. Mantel, city chem
list. stated he had made tests Of the
milk and that samples from the stock
OF c. r. Rocks showed that water had
been added. Rocks WAS fined $40.
Hugh Ellis was given a fine OF SIS on
the charge that the milk he was selling
did not come UP to the required amount
OF butter fat.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-03
INQUIRY BEGINS.

AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. S.-Senior Capt.
w, M. Hanson, of the Texas hangers,
has been granted an indefinite leave Of
absence by Gov. w. p, Hobby, it was
announced today, so he may act as
special investigator for the subcommit-
tee Of the senate foreign relations cons
mittee, which is to investigate relations
between the Unietd States and Mexico.
Capt. Hanson will leave for Washing
ton tomorrow night, in response to a
telegram from Senator A. B. Fall, chair
man Of the committee. Capt. Hanson
has seen long service as a federal and
state official on the Mexican border,
and also spent several years in the inte-
rior of Mexico on private enterprises.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-03
HIGH COST OF LIVING
MEET SET FOR SATURDAY

NASH VILE, Tenn, Sept. 3.--Gov.
Roberts today issued the call for the
meeting OF the announcements and
their assistants to take active steps
toward lowering the high cost of living
In Tennessee. The meeting is called
for Saturday and will be held at the
state capitol.
The question Of profiteering and all
laws bearing on this and allied sub
jects will be discussed by William II.
Swiggart, assistant Encouragement.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-03

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
fine and cheerful: make POUR work a
pleasure; be vigorous ard full OF am
bition. But take no nasty, dangerous
caicmel, because it makes you sick and
YOU may lose a days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of--the bones,
CaIomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's when
YOU feel that awful nausea and cramp-
listen 10 me-! II you want to enjoy
the incest, Eentlest liver asd bowel
cleansing you ever experienced, lust
Sake 4 spoonful OF harmless DodsoR's
LIVER Tone tonight. Your DRUGGIST Or
bealsr ssils ycu bottle Of podson's
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-03
A IMPORT DYES.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-Importation
of a six months supply OF ayeo nom
Germany for American manufacturers
will be allowed under a ruling an
nounced here by the wal trade board.
ManufactGrers have been requested 20
file statements with the board showing
the total quantities of dyes needed for
the six months period beginning Oct. l,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-03
ATTENDS COTTON MEET.

YAEoO CITY, Miss, Sept. 8. (Spl)-
NJ. NJ. Brister. president OF the 'Citi-
Gems Bank and Trust company and OF
the .Yazoo Grocery company. of Yazoo
City, has been chosen as one OF the
association who will attend the world
cotton conference in New Orleans, Oct.
10 to rs.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-03

indict not only the one who paid the
money but the man who received the
same, as both were equally guilty UNI
der the law.
10 very light. All criminal cases have
been set for trial for Monday, Sept. y.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-03
N L CASH WANTED.

The residence of @, w. Stage. 500
South Second street, was entered early
Tuesday night and the house COM
pletely ransacked by Unknown thieves.
Clothing and other articles were strewn
about the floor but the only loss was
u eAsh found 70 oaA q the araweea.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05

Moreover, the population Of France
is about 35,O00,O00, and that of
Germany 7O,ooo,Oo6. Not a single
farm or factory in Germany was de-
stroyed; every industry has either
been running to full capacity or is
in physical shape to do so; every acre
of land which has been under culti-
vation in the past can be cultivated
now without the slightest difficulty.
Germany saved itself from invasion,
and from learning by personal con-
tact in the horrors of war what it
means to suffer as France and Bel
gium suffered. On the other hand,
the destruction in France of the four
years of war exceeds in loss the to-
tai debts incurred by Germany for
carrying on the war.
Germany has every factory and
every farm in shape, but Germany
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05

destroyed a very large proportion Of
the factories and the mines and the,
farms of France. Many years will
be required to rebuild these factories
and to reopen the mines, and vast
areas of the agricultural land have
been so completely destroyed that
they cannot for at least a generation
to come be made available for farm
purposes. The very fruit trees, which
cannot be restored for many years,
were wantonly cut down by German
armies, and the very shade trees
which lined the roads Of France were
ruthlessly Destroyed. y
Every piece of machinery in the
factories in the overrun part of
France which could be made avail
able for the operation of German
factories was stolen and shipped into
Germany.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
CONDITION
FINANCIALLY FAR WORSE
THAN GERMANR's

Manufacturers Record, Baltimore.)
In discussing the proposed triple
alliance between France, England
and America, the Jacksonville Times
Union says:
"But we cannot see why France
should feel the need of assistance for
many years to come. Germany is
more heavily in debt than any other
nation ever was in the history of the
world, and while France is also heav-'
lily in debt, she is not nearly as much
so even in proportion to her ability
to pay as Germany is"
Our esteemed contemporary has
made very serious blunder. In pro-
portion to ability to pay, Germany is
not one-haf so heaaily indebted as
France. Indeed, broadly speaking,
Germany has won the war and
France has lost it, measured by the
financial conditions in which these
countries find themselves.
The actual cost of the war to
France was very far in excess Of the
total indemnity that is demanded of
Germany, so far as that indmnity can
now be measured. If this indemnity
should amount to $25,000,000,O00,
for all the Allies it would be baga-
telle to Germany as compared to the
war debts which France is carrying,
for France expended far beyond that
sum in the prosecution of the war.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
RED SPIDER.

Clemson College, July 29.-There
have been a few small outbreaks OF
red spider in several parts Of the
state, but as long as the moist wealth
er lasts there is no immediate dam
ger of the red spider developing Sc
riously, says Prof. A. F. Conrad,
Entomologist. AS soon as dry wea-
ther sets in, however, the cotton
field should be closely watched be-
cause the insect may develop rapid
w il s2ots While the red spider
will not be as serious as last year,
.he injury will be more pronounced
- scu.c places owing to the reaction
:, co"::on should the rainy weather
suddenly stop and dry hot weather
follow.
Just as soon as it is found that the
blood red coloration on the leaves
and the infested plants increases i'm
mediate action should be taken to
treat the infested spots. The sur
est method is to spray such spots in
stead of carrying the plants to burn
them. Where a plant is pulled up
it should be put into cotton pick
e's sack that has previously been
soaked in kerosene. Infested plants
should not be carried across the
plantation exposed because in this
manner the pest is scattered and the
injury is actually increased instead
of reduced.
The majority of red spider attacks
this year are traced to violets around
dwelling houses on and near planta-
tions and attention is again directed
to the violet as nuisance in cotton
production. There are other border
plants which can be substituted for
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05

"In behalf of those who have to
travel from the South and Southwest
through Washington, D. c., to the
Eastern and New England States l
would draw your attention to the
treatment that passengers have to
undergo at the point mentioned above
if they be so fortunate as not to DC
located in the few through sleepers
that are now running on Southern
and Pennsylvania trains.
"On May 25th I journeysd from
Charleston, S. c., to New York or
Train No. 80 of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad. 1 was unable to Sc
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05

the violet and which are not red
spider carriers. Attention is again
directed to the poke stalk as colon
izing plant for red spider and this
weed should not be allowed on or
near the plantation.
Circular of information on red
spider, what it is, what it does, how
to treat and how to make up the
spray will be furnished on applica-
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05

beyond Washington, due to this
train carrying only one through
Pullman from Florida to New York,
and before our arrival at Washing
ington was transferred into the
through car and literally dumped in
to a berth that two passengers had
already paid for from Jacksonville to
New York. On our arrival at Wash
ington the following trains were
consolidated: Atlantic Coast Line
No. 80, Southern No. 3S, Southern
No. AZ, Seaboard Air Line No. 2,
and there may have been several 9TH
er connections put on this train.
"Now, all of the above trains ar
rive in Washington with anywhere
from four to six Pullman sleeping
cars, as a rule loaded to capacity, and
of the total number of passengers car
ried, I should say at least 80 per
cent. continue their journey out of
Washington through to Eastern
points, and according to the present
practice 80 per cent. of these pas
sengers are deposited on the plat
forms of the station in Washington
and they have to chase around and
ocate themselves in new quarters,
which is made difficult by the accom-
modations in the remaining cars that
90 through being crowded before
they reach Washington, and as long
as the Pennsylvania Railroad makes
no provision to accommodate the
overload, passengers either have to
encroach on the rights of fellow
passengers or else go to the extra
expense of securing a drawingroom
or compartment.
"In addition to the above incon-
veniences, this practice of combln-
ing six or seven trains, cutting down
the sleeping-car equipment from 80
to IL cars at the most, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad attaches one dining
car with which to feed the travelling
public that arrives in Washington
with a distinct and separate dining
car to each train.
"The attitude as outlined is not a
war baby, but full-grown man-size
attitude that has existed for many
wears, and if the Pennsylvania Rail-
road is so crowded between Washing
ton and New York it would appear
to me that the Railroad Administra-
tion would utilize the Baltimore &
Ohio, Philadelphia & Reading and
Central New Jersey lines, regardless
of any agreements that might exist
between the Southern lines and the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
'eIn closing, I see no reason why
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and the United States Railroad Ad-
ministration should allow any public
carrier to discriminate against any
particular section of the country.
You do not find the Pennsylvania
Railroad dumping their Western
travel out at Pittsburgh and making
them continue in cattle-car fashion;
then why, should they subject the
South to any such condition, and
for that matter, it applies to the
North as we'll, because they have to
suffer the same inconvenience in
coming South as we do in the oppo-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
UNJUST TREATMENT
OF TRAVEL BETWEEN
SOUTH AND NORTH

Manufacturers Record, Baltimore.)
C. C. Olney manager of the branch
Of the Manhattan Rubber Co., at
New Orleans, sends to the Manufac-
turers Record a copy of letter
which he wrote to Walker D. Hines
Director General of Railroads, com
planing of serious inconvenience
that many passengers experience in
travelling north via Washington. Mr.
Olney wrote to Mr.. Hines as follows
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-05
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-18
TESTING THEM OuT

1t isa good thing that the owners Of the Wilton coal
mine have taken steps to obtain from the courts a de-
cision as to the right of the governor to seize their. prop
ery,r and that 9 hearing is to be had without delay. Off
Gals who have taken technical possession of the mine are
required to show cause ON November IT. why they should
not be restrained. This makes possible a speedy determi-
nation Of the case.
Except during the period while the state, or a given
territory within the state, is under martial law, the gov
ernor has no more right to take possession of private
property than has any other. citizen. During the period
of martial law the processes Of the civil courts within
the territory. affected are in allegiance. But martiaf law
cannot be declared on the mere whin, Of an official. It
can be declared. only in the presence Of an emergency
created by war, invasion, riot or instruction. The sole
purpose Of investing the executive with authority to de-
clare. military law is that the physical force of the state
may be used to suppress public disorder when the civil
authorities are powerfless to do So, And 1t is to bel as
sumed that a governor who declares. martial law must be
able to show that a violent. disturbance was actually in
progress, or was actually threatened in order to justify
such a grave step as the subversion Of all civil law for the
time being.
The progress OF this case. will ,bc watched with not
a little interest for il the governor can declare martial
law in the absence Of any violent disturbance, actual or
threatened, and under color offthat declaration can take
possession of a coal mine, he can, by following the same
process, take possession of a railroad, a bank, a drygoods
store or a meat market. )
- IT may be idle curiosity, but there are people who
would like to know il they have any rights left.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-18
THE FARMER AND THE FEDERATION

ne ldrr1eTS congress which met at HagarstOwn,
Maryland, declined an invitation to join in a conference
with the representatives of the American Federation of
Labor, with the view. to bringing about an afaliation Of
the Two bodies. The note sent in response to the invita-
ton was very brief, and simply stated that the repre-
sentatiyes Of the farmers saw no common ground upon
which affiiation could be affected.
THERE'S a common basis upon which both farmers
citizenship, and public interest, but it may be. assumed
that the delegates to the farmers convention saw in the
present trend of activities, in some departments of the
Federation of Labor, a tendency toward radical action
winch is not to their interest either as citizens or as
members of a great producing class. The efforts of
President Gompers and his associates in the federation
have been devoted to the promotion Of moderate polio
obliged to combat the radical elements which have
eral occasions the radicals have been successful. The
present steel strike and the coal strike were both pre-
cipitated against the urgent appeals of Gompers and
as the situation stands the federation is committed to
both OF these disturbances. The members of the farm
efs congress evidently wish no alliance with elements
such as were represented in the radical wing OF the
great labor federation. They know that their interest,
posed: The radicals stand for the destruction Of prop
erty interest. The farmers are people possessing prop
2erty@ interest and il they are to live and continue in
their work they must defend those interests. The farm
es' congress has undoubtedly expressed the sentiment
Of the mass Of the farmers OF the country in declining
an alliance with the radicals.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-18

The Minneapolis Journal 9urEes that the city council
OF rs city tshe steps through Impeachment proceedings: to
Dust from the council ono ofsthe members who il an avow-ii
ed defender Of ]. NJ ssdee,rinss. II cites ascisuse ia the
city charter providing for the Impeachment of Inenabers
SbbarseA with ottsnse which would unfit them for mem
ssbership in the Body and urges that these proceedings Be;
taken: at once. ~
AIM ltis lobe lhoped that the advice Of the Journal xrn.
be needed + there Is ! man An the Minneapolis council
who iss in sympathy with the doctrines and nracticessof
the I. v. he should be kicked out, II any means can,
be dev1sed for administering the kick; and Minneapolis
70 fortunate in having means provided. Iot all cities are
10 fortunate. but whether provision OF this kind is made
or not It ought to be made clear. by every group of men.
who profess American citizenship that enemies Of the Re-
public are not welcome among them. It may not be pos,
sible in all cases to get rid of them, but the citizen who
has respect for himself and his citizenship can at least
make his attitude clear and 1t is his business to. do 50. I
The recent outrages at Centralia have attracted fresh
attention to this, subject. AS was to bel expected. there
are expressions which can only be interpreted as express
sions Of sympathy with the men who committed the out.
RACES rather than with the victims. Certain OF 1.-The So
.cialist papers OF the northwest are just now more con-
cerned over the fact that members of the attacked parad.
ing party invaded the headquarters of the /. ". w. than
with the fact that men recently in the service Of the gov
eminent, wearing the uniform Of the American army.
were deliberately shot down in their tracks in a public
street. Those expressions Of sympathy were to be ex-
pected. Lawless elements such as the I. W. W. may COM
nit outrages almost without comment, but when a hand
is raised against them the majesty Of the law is invoked:
in their behalf. According to the tenor Of some Of the
comment that has been published 1t was a highly I'M
proper act for men who have seen their comrades shot
down to enter the I. WV hea dquarters in search Of the
fiends who had fired the fatal shots. They should have
obtained search warrants. or filed suits for damages, or
done some other equally useless thing, in the meantime
permitting the law-breakers to escape. Instead of that
they took time by the foreock. .raided the building, took
possession of the contents. and gathered in all who were
found in the place. As a result Of this summary action
theN authority now have their hands on some, at least, ofI
heYmurderers. All of which is distinctly Disappointing
to the friends or apolosists Of the: I. w. w.