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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-08-25

WANTED TO Bt'Y-rfa,e ! customer
for 5 room modem house on
Springer. Villas or Harrison. $500
cash and balance So per month. Also
want : room modern withn Q blocks
cf corner Of Oklahoma and Division.
Monthly payments. Good parties.
nooley and Armstrong. Phone 3ss
vANTED-To buy Of owner. . new
or room modern hou se north=
r.sr p5ri OF city preferred: must be
bargain for spos cash. L. II Staten.
Route !. Cuthrie. Okla.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-08-25

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-08-25

FOR sALE-3est small tract near
Csthrie Good lssd and good I'm :
provenents Dooley and armstropg.
Phone 3ss.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-08-25
ArrcRNgv.
n n. ADAMS. pvss.ses In sII courts
osfiss, io2js Wsss okla. Ave.
phsas 4i<.
HELP wANrgs-sEMALE.

wANTED--whise lady cook. 6 hour
day. no Sunday work Smiths
Candy Store.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-08-25

FOR sAi4E-Two fine homes on tae
West Hill ~ right prices Also .
four room house on payments. WIN
take auto for first psyment DooIey
end Armstrong. Phone 40.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-08-25

FOR sAI-E-Bsy direcf from swnes
and ssve real estate comnissson.
An 5 large room modern osuse and
: lots for Ss.sso u takes this week.
Terms II desired Paose lss. D. A.
Hshssr s.ss.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
TWO SEASONS WET;
SUMMER HERE DRY

Rainfall In Memphis during the year
1919 exceeded that OF 1918 by 20.59
inches and was the heaviest recorded
at this station since 1892. The total
for the year was 57.T5 inches, Tho
rainfall during the year 1892 was 61,A6
inches.
Records Of the weather bureau show
that the highest rainfall recorded ne
this station since 1871 came dur' w
tho year 1877, when the total rainfall
for the year registered 1850 inches,
Likewise the same year broke the
monthly record and also the daily rec
ord, Rainfall during the month Of
June, 1877. was 1918 inches, while the
heaviest rainfall ever recorded at the
Memphis office during a period OF "a
hours came on June 80, 1877, when
9.G7 inches were recorded,
During the wear the rainfall at Menu
phis was below normal for seven
months and above normal for the re-
naming five months, but the excess
during those five months carried the
figures for the year well into the eN-
cess column, Up TO Dec, ! there had
| been an excess Of rain amounting to
9lS inches, December has been below
normal IN rainfall to the extent OF III
inches, which would reduce the excess
for the year to "A inches.
The month Of March, 1919, witnessed
the heaviest rainfall Of the year, when
l2N inches Of rain fell. The highest
previous monthly record was In Novem-
Der, 1905, the total for that month be-
ing 1883 inches. The month OF Dcto,
her, 1919. recorded t0.lS inches Of rain
while the month of August showed tn,
least. with 0N2 inches,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
638 Violations of United
States LGWS We're DOcketed

year has made numerous Investigations
upon which prosecutions were based
and others where no prosecution was
instituted, Investigation Of all char
acter OF offenses against the govern
ment with the exception OF Internal rev.
enue, postal laws and nure food and
drug laws are handled by the depart
ment of justice. During recent months
Investigations of the high cost OF living,
profiteering, boarding and the withhold
ing OF necessities OF life from the normal
trade channels, activities of radicals
and more recently the theft Of automo-
biles and their removal to other states
have come to the attention Of this de-
partment.
The secret service department has
investigated numerous offenses against
the treasury department, principal OF
which are counterfeiting cases, A num-
Der Of arrests have been made and con-
v%ictions secured during the year for
violntors of these laws.
Violators of the postal laws are han
died by postoffice inspectors and the
large number of cases docketed at Mem
pills attest their activity and, In addi-
ton, the inspectors stationed here have
a large territory over which they have
jurisdiction. not being confined to the
Western district Of Tennessee or even
to the state.
| Under the revenue department COM
the enforcement Of narcotic laws, pay
ment of income and other government
taxes and an exceedingly large number
Of cases II this character, particularly
the narcotic cases, have been docketed
The sales OF government revenue
stamps are handled separately.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31

this year of the two buildings to give
one large eight-story structure with
a dining room on the roof stretching
across the combined BUILDINGS.
The taxation committee, Elias Gates.
chairman, Is now engaged in an i%nve4ti-
cation CT the tax assessments in the
counties of the state to ascertain II
Shelby county Is to bear only her fair
and proportionate share Of the in
oreaseS. To carry out this vital and
delicate piece of business Hays Flowers
has been employed by the committee
and is now at work,
An investigation of the breakdown
Of the local telephone systems efficiency
Is being conducted by w. p. Armstrong
of the Law committee.
AS a result of the chambers persist
ent activity the value of Park field has
been kept before the war department
and 1t now appears certain that it Will
be purchased by the government and
made a permanent army air service
post.
A weekly forum was established be-
fore which n number of DISTINGUISHED
men have already appeared for adj
dresses,
A membership campaign conducted in
June resulted in the acquisition Of 1909
new members, bringing the member
ship up to $3.50.
As the new year comes on, Mr.. Fitz-
Hugh is winding up a campaign to Sc
cure subscriptions from the business
interests of the city for IA 500, 900 an
nual sustaining fund which will finance
a program OF widely increased public
service during subsequent years. This
will provide not only for the larger
quarters but for a statistical depart
ment, trade extension DEPARTMENT, a
committee on municipal affairs and the
| employment of full-time executive Sec
retaries for the publicity department,
highway department and social agen-
cies Endorsement committee.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31

During the year 1919 a total of 6SS
cases were docketed by the United
States marshal's office, and Of this
number 22l dealt with violations of
whisky laws. The total includes a large
number Of violations OF the narcotic
laws, postal laws. selective service act,
conspiracy and other governmental stat
utes,
Among the most notable cases dock
eted by the marshal during the year are
included indictments returned against
l.. Tyree Taylor. former chief deputy
marshal, indicted for accepting brihes
and conspiracy. Taylor was indicted
last summer at a special session Of the
grand jury and made bond for his ap-
pearance at the November term Of
court He failed to appear and his
bond was ordered forfeited.
The principal eases coming before the
| November term were those Of Joseph
Hanover. former assistant city attorney,
indicted Jointly with his client, Charles
and Hundley May, charged with per-
Jury. Hanover and Renegar were tried
at the November term, the jury falling
to ngree on n verdict, They VIII be
tried again at the May. 1890, term,
Along with the liquor violations y
largre quantity Of liquor was seized and
Is now held in storage pending an or
der Of court for its condemnation, With
the appointment Of a state prohibition
officer the enforcement % the liquor
laws win pass to the internal erenue
department.
The department of justice during the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
MANY RESIDENCES
BUILT IN 1919

Scarcity of residences in Memphis,
due to the suspension Of building dur
ing the great war, caused a revival
OF this type OF building construction In
1919 and a greater numebr of homes
v ere erected during that year than
any previous yea in the history save
possibly 1912 when nearly 1000 homes
were built.
More garages were erected in 1919
than during any previous year, indt-
eating the great development Of The
automobile trade In this city and vi
entity, In addition, a large number Of
warehouses were erected as well as per-
II it's Issued for three moving picture
shows, tho permits for which aggre-
gated more than $3.50, 900.
The total figures representing tho
value OF building permits for the first
eleven months of 1919 Is $6,5l5, 200, ac-
cording to the records, while the value
OF permits issued during a correspond
ing period OF 1918 was only 81 1868, 0t3,
showing an increase of 1919 over 1918
of $4,952, 1877. Close on to one-half mil
lion dollars was represented by per-
mits issued in December.
Scarcity of labor and material, the
high cost of material, and other set
backs retarded building in 1919 as well
as 1918, contractors say, but the record
nude IN 1879 with these hardicnps Is
a splendid one, Is the general belief.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
HOMICIDE g o
SHOWS

There were fewer murders in 1919 in
Memphis than in any year in the past
excepting two. Forty seven peo-
pie met violent deaths at the hands of
fellow beings, under circumstances that
laid legal grounds for the charge of
murder.
Police records charge 80 of the muir
GERS to negroes. 10 to whites and 5 are
listed as unknown.
Many and varied are the instruments
employed to deal death. The pistol and
the knife continue the faVorite cap
used. But iron bars, clubs, axes and
other means of dealing a quick, fatal
blow break into the records.
This vas a tough year on burglars
and highwaymen killed in the commits
sion of their crimes. Seven more kill
ings are listed under this category,
which can not properly be c%atalogued as
murder. Two more deaths are attribu-
table, police records say, to out and
out ~clean-cut cases OF self-defense. Of
ficers in the performance of their duty
were forced to kill six more. The law
less took their toll, too, from the ranks
of the law enforcement officers, under
which head are listed special agents for
railroads. Two policemen-Sergt. John
G, Brinkley and Patrolman Andrew j.
White-and two deputy sheriffs-James
- isSS iioIuo anu H. T. Ilydll-dlu d
United States deputy marshal, o. r.
Webster, were shot to death during the
year, Two of the slayers were cap
tured, one escaped, and two were shot
to death by the officers whom they
killed.
Three Of the murdeds charged against
Memphis in 1919 did not occur inside the
city limits, but so close to them as to
warrant their being c~hargeable to Mem
phis.
Murder records for former years, as
listed by police, are: 1912, IS; 1913, 81;
1914, 40; 1915, 81; 1915, 70; 1917, 4S;
1918, 81.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31

Sbte of Industrial Unrest Business and Financial ACIU1teS FTONHSNed
RAIL RATE CHANGE
E GATE FOR
WOOD

During the year 1919 the Southern
Hardwood Traffic association won "a vic
tory for the woodworking industry Of
this territory which will mean n great
deal to the growth OF the industry In
Memphis. The association secured from
the United States railroad admlnistra-
ton transit arrangements providing Tor
the shipment OF rough lumber mo
Memphis and its manufacture into
boxes. flooring, ceiling. siding and other
products. and then reshtpment to ulti-
mate destination on the through rate
from point Of origin. plus n charge OF
2 cents per hundred pounds for "A stop
over privilege Of six months.
j.. II. Townshend, secretary manager
Of the association, regards his as one
Of the most ~far-reaChing accomplish
ments for Memphis having to do with
transportation matters. He predicts
that these arrangements will result In
a big increase in the manufacture of
wood products OF all kinds In the city,
Certain plants already established here
started enlarging their facilities imme-
diately after the arrangements went INTO
effect, Nov, %,
The association Is now working to Sc
cure transit arrangements to permit
yarding. drying and sorting OF lumber
under terms that viii protect the
through rate on lumber from point of
origin to destination. puts a reasonable
charge for stopover privilege Of one
year. Officials declare hat II this con-
ccsslon is gained Memphis will enjoy an
additional expansion In the volume OF
hardwood lumber handled through
wholesale firms, thus making nor Sc
cure It's position as the foremost hard
wood lumber market In the world,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31

Moons at the Goodwin institute. The
first OF the concerts given each month
by the Beethoven club, free to the pub
lie, occurred this season on Oct. 25
The program proved a rare treat and
has been followed by two others Of
equal merit. which seems indicative of
q new ear of great musical promise
for Memphis. In and out Of the pat
terms are many gay threads running
side by side with threads of more last
ing colors and substantial quality,
which mark the activities Of the Nine
teenth Century club, that mighty factor
in the social and civic life of Mem
phis. From the gay social affairs, chief
among which are the luncheons every
Monday, with Mrs. Randolph Chears as
special hostess. and the conversations In
French and Spanish carried on by mem
bers Of these classes the warp IL crossed
bv the wool of more serious discussions
Of public affairs by the members of the
current topics class and the meetings
Of the executive board in which affairs
pertaining to the good of the city and
the welfare Of its people are discussed,
and through which the f~ar-reaching
influence Of the club is felt, not alone
in Memphis, but in her ~neighboring
towns and cities In Mississippi and Ar
ansas. It is through the club women
that the tri-states are brought particu-
ldTlS tipSe lpk6butl anu WOlh Hdilu III
hand for the good OF the whole country
| Since the strain of the illness and
death Of Judge Buchanan, one Of Mem
mis- greatest and noblest OF men, MRS
Buchanan. president of the Nineteenth
Century club, has asked the vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. r. l.. Jordan, to take q
more active part In the government Of
the club and through the coming year
Mrs, Jordan will preside or many oc.
caSions and represent the president Al
social functions of the organization
while Mrs. Buchanan will continue to
give the members the benefit of hel
sound Judgment in the problems thai
come before the board and the mem
bers.
The Salon circle. over which Mrs. j
| C.. F%elsenthal is the presiding officer, is
also II club of wide influence ant
among the smaller clubs which hav,
done interesting work the past year are
the Cherry circle, with Mrs, w. W
Meacham president, and the Columbin,
Book club, with Miss Mamie Reitel
president,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31

AASNN > AANNANtNtAAA
and Pantages, respectively, vaudeville,
motion picture and vaudeville houses
Construction Of these alone win cost
over a million and a half dollars. Com
petition between Marcus Loew and
Pantages in opening first has been
keen and the race is being watched
with interest by all showfolk.
The Metropolitan, which will be To-
Gated on South Main street just OPP
posite the Hotel Gayoso, will be the
largest theater in the South. In seat
ing capacity it will equal any vaude-
vile theater in the country. accommo-
dating 3.100 persons. Expense en-
tailed viii amount to over $4,000 in
addition to longtime lease rentals. The
house viii be modern in all respects,
decorated in a fashion hat is equalled
by no other showshop this side Of the
Mason-DiXon line, and will, according
to present plans, be ready for opening
about Easter, It's policy will be three
a-day variety shows and feature pic
lures.
Pantages. which will feature Eddie
Foy on the inaugural bill, will be ready
for occupancy within the next four
months, according to local representa-
tlves Of this enterprise, Cost Of the
building, which is situated on Main
street, just south Of Monroe avenue,
will be in the ne%lghborhood of $500, 900.
Two vaudeville shows daily Will be
scheduled and pictures will augment
the program. Some delay has been
experienced by Pantages' contractors
brought on by lack of steel. Seating
capacity will be something like 1900.
Only a month or so ago was the
Palace construction started, but Loew
representatives promise that this pic
ture palace will be ready for film pro-
lection early in the fall. Likewise the
cost will amount to only a few dol
lars short of a half million. This thea
ter site is on Union avenue. one-half
block west of Main street. The seat
ing capacity, according TO architects
plans, range around $500.
In construction Of these theaters
which Marcus Loew has brought ia
Memphis a promise given by Ed A,
Schiller, Loew's Southern director,
some several years ago, is made good,
Mr.. Schiller promised Memphians the
finest entertainment palaces in the
South.
Another big thing Electrically for
Memphis that developed in 1919 was
the announcement that affairs for
LOew's Southwestern circuit will be
directed from here. Some Is theaters
will be managed from offices in the
Metropolitan building, These theaters
now are in operation and cover terri
tory in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri,
Kansas and in the city Of New Or.
leans.
Martin Beck, managing director Of
the Orpheum circuit, paid Memphi.
several visits, His coming was in con.
nection with the erection of a theatel
for the so-called big-time vaudeville
circuit. Several sites now are under
option. No definite plans have beer
announced. Rumor said that the pres,
ent Orpheum home on South Mair
street would be remodeled and con.
tinue as a two-a-day house and that {
pop vaudeville theater, similar to tn,
State-Lake in Chicago, would be built
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31

ThrorPh the summer months the loom
stood idle for the most part with only
here and there a bit Of weaving done,
hut with the coming Of fan the steady
clack OF the loom could be heard, weav-
ing a beautiful pattern of russell with
brighter colors to enliven 1t. Into the
weaving Of October, with the beginning
of the social season, the fabric shows
a web OF finest silk of lace-like filmi-
ness, marking the reign of the fall
brides. Among the weddings OF special
interest were the Shepherd Ming and
the Woods Cummings nuptials in octo-
Der, the Martin YerRer. the DeLoach-
Adams, the Blaydes-Ward, the Scales
Wexford. the Prothro- Carey, the Mas
Frank. the Gronauer-M agnus and the
Forbes Becne weddings in November.
Through November, from the date Of
the annual debutante ball at the Coun-
try club on Nov, II and the debutante
ball at the Rex club on Nov, 26, marked
by golden threads, the fabric In the
loom was beautiful with silken threads
In all Of the loveliest pastel tints, sig
nificant Of the flower-strewn pathway
Of the debutantes. who have enjoyed one
OF the very Rayest seasons in the his
tory OF Memphis. No one of the charm
ing girls introduced to society In 1919
a be singled out as the reigning belle,
as every one Of them has been show
cred with social attentions and every
moment made bright and happy.
The coming of the holidays brought
into the fabric the very gayest OF col
ors, bright scarlet and green, with
many touches Of gold to mark the hap
piness OF the parents who had their
children home from schools and coll
leges and the wonderful holiday sea
son Of merry-making which will con-
tinue until after New Years day,
bringing golden threads into the rosy
pattern OF 1920.
Among the brightest threads to M
credit for 1919 are those marking the
I, musical progress Of Memphis through
the continued efforts OF the Beethoven
club. Of which Mrs. J.. i. Hin is presi-
dent; the Renaissance circle, of which
Mrs. r. L. Brown Is president; the
Memphis Piano Teachers association,
Of which Mrs. Jason Walker Is presi-
dent, and many lesser but quite as en-
thusiastic musical organizations. in
| Guiding the church choirs, which upon
the invitation Of Miss Valerie Earring.
ION. who arranged for the series Of pro-
grams, are appearing on Sunday after
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31

Subordinate to the primary ann OF
ahe bureau to develop profitable mar
b1ets for the farms Of the tr~t-state ter
fitory the bureau also strovo to hring
about the marketing Of IA larger per
rentagc of the live stock ana otnti proc
aucts OF the territory farms IN Memphis
ia9r. LLOYD considered Memphis the log.
teal market point for the territory and
maintained that the exploitation Of
Memphis would do equal good to both
Memphis and the contiguous agrlcul-
aur9 tegions,
Thp working out NJ this idea during
the year has resulted in the formation
.0f a number Of cooperative live STOCK,
wool, sweet potato and other market
organizations by the farmers IN the
.lcounties Of West Tennessee and other
horizons Of the tri-state territory,
Il After six months Of the labor OF the
farm bureau TO turn the current Of ter
Aritbry live stock shipments into Mem
lphis, II became apparent 10 Or. Lloyd,
4H. q. Pate, the market directors aud
heading members OF the chambers farul
bureau committee that a arg stocN
iynrd was needed here. This resulted IN
lthe formation of a local corporation
jcalled the Memphis stock Yards com
Iiany, which bought out the memphis.
iMynming stock yards These yards We're
II enlarged and opened in September, Mr.
Pate resigned from the farm bureau
land took over the management OF the
yards. Since then much territory i've
istock has been handled through the
wards at prices equivalent 10 the best
lpaid In st. Louis and other established
lmArkets.
Another important development in tho
EeAmpaign TO increase the marketing Of
hive stock In Memphis, which came dur.
ling The past year, was the formation OF
1.-THE Memphis Packing corporation, which
has been financed for nearly a million
dollars and win put up u modern pack
/ ing plant here,
Another important marketing feature
achieved during Mr., Pate's service with
the bureau was "A campaign TO encour-
lrge tho consumption OF butter from trl-
state creamerics In Memphis homes,
hotels and restaurants,
Mr.. pate's successor, e. w. watson,
went into office at the time the sweet
potato crop was being dug and he I'M
q medlatelv set about forming co-opera-
tive marketing organizations In the ter
rifory 20 market the crop, grade II and
rnt in houses for drying and sorting, \
state wide organiEat ton Of sweet potato
srowers wRs perfected IN Arkansas and
sinllar movements were started IN MIS-
siasinpt and West Tennessee,
n NJ NJ. Landesg, the county agrieul-
NJ tnrnl agent, accomplished a great deal
III the lire Of cooperative marketing
s&of Hive stock, sweet potatoes and other
Il crops I'm Shelby county and made this
county a good example for the entire
territory
Miss Mary Il. MCGOWAN, county home
4 demonstration agent. and W. NJ. Hardy
Boys club agent. also made notable
FiiocosVcs In their work during the year
A Miss MCGOWAN assisted IN the commun-
ity fairs, organized Girls Poultry clubs,
put On poultry domosntratHs and did