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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
T' CAMPAIGN MAY
LAST ONLY ONE DAY
Short, Fast Drive Decided
Upon to Raise $4,000
for Good Cause.

The Memphis way" has been adopted
for putting over the Y. NJ. c. A,Scam-
paign for $4,000 to clear off all in
debtedness against the local associa-
ton and to finance the city, state and
international work of the Y Nj. c. A.
for I920--that is. the campaign execu-
tive committee is planning an orEani-
zation so thorough thar the scheduled
Today drive may be completed in a
single day. The South wide Y M, q.
A. drive Ia set for Oct 1910, The
appointment of team captains and other
details OF the campaign were agreed
upon at a luncheon or the executive
committee at the Hotel Gayoso Mon
day noon.
people of Memphis, $lb0, goo will be used
locally In clearing the association OF al
debts, thus putting an end to an an
nual outlay amounting to $1,000 for in.
terest. and for financing an enlarged
program of activities for another year
and $4,000 will so toward the home
and foreign budget OF the association
A feature OF the campaign will be
the revival Of the weekly publication
formerly issued by the local Y M, q
A. known as Memphis Young Men, II
will hereafter be called The Memphis
Y" and during the campaign will be
issued daily The bulletin will be de-
voted TO the details and progress OF
the South wide Y. NJ e, A. campaign
and the Ndetails OF the activities OF the
various teams that will conduct the
canvas.
After the campaign, the publication
viii be continued as weekly bulletin
devoted to the various activities OF the
local association and matters of inter
est to the membership. 1t will be pub
lished under the editorial direction o.
Dr, Il. II. George, general secretary, ant
the staff OF the local association. u
| promises to be an instrument OF great
value In uniting the more than S,OOl
mensbers in more intimate relation
with the association. since without such
an organ II Is practically impossible
to keep in close touch with such {
large membership In the intimate wa,
| in which the management wishes TO do
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
Hansen To Take Up
Metcdlfs Case With
Grand Jury Tuesday

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Oct. 6. (Spl)-
Gabriel Hansen, psyche analytical de-
tective from Memphis, will go before
the Davidson county grand jury Tues
day morning to present evidence in the
Robin Cooper murder case involving
the Cooper gardener, Dennis Metcaif
now released on habeas corpus proceed
ings.
Robert A. Moore, chief deputy sheriff,
today issued a statement claiming 1t
was the duty of the sheriff to serve all
warrants issued, In maintaining his po-
sition regarding the arrest Saturday Of
Thomas D. Jennings as an accessory
Hansen had previously disclaimed re-
sponsibllity for Jennings arrest
According to county officers, q wit
ness has been found who claims 10 have
positively identified one person charged
with having knowledge Of the murder.
Developments are expected to break
fast when the grand jury meets Tues
day.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
Activities Among
Memphis Negroes
sy Rev. T. o, Fuller,

TIE man who has TO be paid to he n
good citizen could hardly he considered
the highest brand, He is a citizen for
vayapuA nnlv
=
A. mass meeting for women nj Averv
Cleayes and Rev Bivpna will M ~
sneakers.
.
npnf l.lnptar a. xxyhltn
willie Sunday TO fill nm apnointment sor
Rev Matlock W.
~. -.
The coIored Tri. State fair opens We'd
nesdav with mn automohile narada
fine array OF exhibits in exprrsted ME
wear.
-
Inhn nUlinRhnm md n a EI,lIar 4,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
DEATHS.

Mrs. Matte Frazier Allen, "a, 1879
Court, Oct 4, cancer
Lee Ketchum, "a Hollyford road, Oct.
8, cirrhosls of liver.
Mrs. Jennie Spencer. 46, 562 Poplar,
Oct. 2, lobar pneumonia.
Julia Houston, 50, 16 East Virginia,
Oct. 3, paralysis,
Ester Lee Allen. 10, Cordova, Tenn,
Oct /. tuberculosis.
Katie Lewis, IS, 166 Pontotoc, Oct. /,
gastritis.
Ed Sherman, "a. general hospital,
Oct. 8, heart disease
John A. Gibson. %, Wilson hospital,
Oct 4, diarrhoea.
Susie Goodridge, month, SIS Haynes
alley, Oct. 4, malaria
Harvey Jones, 90 Us Delta, Oct. 2.
malaria.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
British EMPIRE
. TO HAVE 6 VOTES
TO AMERICA ONE
This Is Objection to League
Urged by Senator MCCum-
Der in Supporting Amend
ment to CurtaiI Vote.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6-Denylng
Great Britain and her colonies would
have six votes in the league of ma
tons to one for the United States, SEN
ator McCumber, Republican, North Da-
kOta, charged In the senate today that
senators advocating the amendment by
Senator Johnson, Republican, Califor-
MIA, proposing to limit the voting power
OF the British colonies were tanning
popular prejudice with an unfounded
appeal
Senators who in private converse
ton would never dream of attempting
TO deceive one another" said Senator
McCumber, seem unable to resist the
temptation to take advantage Of a
prejudice created by this deception and,
with studied avoidance of the real and
full truth give this prejudice another
boost.
AS substitute for the johnson
amendment, Senator McCumber urged
his proposed reservation to exclude
British colonies from participating in
the league in disputes involving the
mother country or eacn other.
Almost every argument made on the
floor of the senate said Senator Nc
Cumber, and every one without ex-
ception made to the public by senators
opposed to any league of nations, has
given the impression to the people Of
the world that the council or the as
sembly, as the case might be, Is a
sort of court or tribunal that decides
the disputes between nations, and it
Is because of these Measurements of
the facts and the misrepresentation of
many of our people arising therefrom,
that the ground is made fertile for the
development of about all the animosi-
ties toward this league and especially
toward the claimed voting power OF
Great Britain. f
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
CRAIG WILL RECOVER

George Craig, a carpenter, 46 years
old. who was seriously injured at Nc
Ferren, Ark, by a blow on the head
with hammer Sunday afternoon, will
recover, attaches at the General hos
pital said Monday morning. Craig was
brought to Memphis for treatment late
Sunday night.
The injured man was an employee Of
Moore Il McFerrin, Craig's injury Is
said to have been the, result Of an
alteration With another employe.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06

the 18th day Of September, 1919. at
o'clock pm.
The above properties win be offered
for sale in the order IN which they ap-
pear herein, to satisfy the foregoing
fieri -lacias, same TO be sold subject to
tax liens, should any appear against
the above named property, and only so
much Of the property as viii be suffi-
cient 10 satisfy the above execution will
be sold,
S. H. IRRELEVANT,
L. s. Marshal Western District Ten
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
BURGLARS ACTIVE.

Frying open n rear window in tho
residence OF Mrs Geoge Higgins, 2SS
North Third street, burglars carried
away numerous articles OF wearing an
parel and furnishings Sunday.
A negro prowler forced IL rear door
Of the J c. Roland household, llO2 Pea
body avenue, Saturday night, and stole
revolver. He was seen to leave the
premises but made good his escape.
Mrs, ], n. Carroll, 5l2 Beale avenue
reported ner home was entered and a
set Of valuable furs stolen.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
Hides and Wool.
Read News Scimitar Wants
BIRTHS.

Arthur P. and Lula Burnett Stack
house, 151 Mill, Sept. 27-girl. Joseph
H. and Lowretta Hynds Breckle, Bling
hamton, Oct. hoy Joseph H. and
Esther Saulman Kearney, 1892 Foster.
Oct. 2--girl. Thadeus and Ida Persons
Wallace, 49 Nichols, Sept. 30-girl.
Lewis and Mary Mayfield Fisher. 1884
North Manassas, Sept 2S-boy. James
and Pauline Johnson Dickerson, 953
Ford, Sept. 3--boy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
CROSBY WILL RETURN

w. u, Carpenter city detective, will
go to jackson, Miss, to bring back to
Memphis Fred Crosby wanted here on
charge Of forgery. Hulet Smith chief
of detectives, was notified Sunday night
that Crosby had been arrested at lack.
SON
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
Public Misinformed.

II wish the public could Just once
fully understand, first, that not one
case OF dispute out of hundred would
ever go to the council or assembly;
second, that even II all other. efforts
provided for the settlement Of disputes
should fail, the only thing submitted
to the council or assembly is the right
the public"
Senator McCumber said the argument
OF Senator Johnson and other support
ers OF the Johnson amendment as to
surd TO be true and asked why France,
Italy and other nations did not raise
objections to putting their heads In
the lions mouth"
The North Dakota senator said the
real facts regarding the league were
That neither the council nor assem-
bly, is board of arbitration,
That neither of them decides in
ternational disputes at ALL
That the only jurisdiction which the
council or assembly have over dis
pute between nations Is the right to
investigate and report what the. true
facts are and make recommends
tons.
THAT a dispute with a part Of a
nation or empire is a dispute with the
Great Britain can not, and win not
McCumbef said. 4 would like to pui
this question straight to the American
people; Has not Canada, fully-gov-
erning independent dominion earned
| by her sacrifices In blood and treasure
through four years Of this bloody war
a right to seat in the assembly thai
| would give her voice, an effect equa
| TO HAITI Hedjaz Honduras, Liberia
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Salvador OF
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
B. G, LEE GIVES 500

In appreciation OF the efficiency Of the
Memphis fire department in fighting the
fire in the Lee building at Main stree
and Madison avenue, Sept. %, r. G.
Lee Monday morning sent check for
lief fund
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
Sale of Stock

Pursuant to an order Of the Chan
Gerry court of Shelby county, Tennessee.
entered in the ease of Gilbert d. Raine.
ct al, VS.. Union and Planters Bank and
Trust company, ct al, on July 2. 1919, of
record in Minute Book 1888, page 34S
the said Union and Planters Bank and
Trust company as guardian Of the
said Gilbert D. Raine. win sell at pub
lie outcry, for cash, on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER IA. 1919
at 1900 noon. at the west entrance to
Union and Planters Bank and Trust
company, one hundred shares of the
par value Of One Hundred Dollars CS100J
each, of the capital stock of The Mem
phis News Scimitar company. No bid
will be received of less than thirty-fi
cents (35c) on the S1.00.
UNION & PLANTERS BANK
e. TRUST COMPANY,
Guardian Of Gilbert d. Raine.
By SAM HOLLOWAY. Trust officer.
BRING your sewing troubles 10 Mrs.
z. Names, SIS 8. Speedway. Suburban.
South Memphis car.
BRAIDING. Mrs. Il. A. Hunt, 592
Linden Ave. Phone M. 274S-J.
WANTED-Sewing at 372 Union Ave,
room 2, Mrs. A. Gordon, Main 4007-J.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
Approximate Figures.

These figures are only approxima-
tions, Less oil may be obtained very
early in the season with inefficient mill
ing. More will usually be obtained VITA
efficient milling, especially later in the
season. The other items will also, vary
with considerable margins. Less meal
and more hulls may be made, and more
or less linters may be taken off, but
these are the figures on which we pro-
pose to base our calculations,
THE value Of these products Is cal.
culated on the following prices: oil 16a
cents pound, meal called u per
cent meaD $64 ton, hulls IS a ton,
lintera cents a pound as follows.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06

effort 20 shatter this story. working
hard TO prove the absurdity Of the de-
PENDANTS ability 10 drive a speeding au-
tomobile and hold the girl with both
hands. But the girl stuck 70 her story,
finally declaring that Mcnamara boast
ed 10 her; you are looking at q
----- who can drive a car as good
with his feet as he can with his hands
She had previously testified that the
car was speeding al the rate OF '65
miles an hour"
Mr.. Davis confronted the witness with
the fact that she knew that Mcnamara
was married man and that he also
had "a girl, but that nevertheless she
wife and his girl"
This confused the witness and her
diction was uncertain when she replied
u don't know don't know"
All Pleas in Vain.
The girl told how she appealed to Nc
NamHra 10 think Of her dead mother -
and OF how the man cursed the dead
woman, applying an unprintable cpl
thet, Il told Allen he ought to be
ashamed 10 say that" the girl testified.
and told him | would rather he would
kill me than say that about my dead
mother"
Later the girl narrated how she also
attempted to shame Mcnamara by a
reference 10 his own mother and his
wife, swearing that he then cursed
them. using the same vulgar oath with
which he had profaned the memory OF
his victims mother D all the
-" she claimed he said.
The girl swore that Mcnamara and
the other occupants Of the car were
sober but for 'one today when they
began the swift drive to the Wolf river
bottoms.
A few minutes before court was ad :
journed AT 1880 a little, mustached
man shuffled into the courtroom with a
strong suggestion Of ostentation. He
carried the curly haired child Of Nc
Nsmara in his arm, He was the father
Of the defendant and he put the child
In the latter's lap. Mcnamara held the
baby for q while as the swift examina-
ton went on, then passed her back to
her mother, who sat just behind the de-
PENDANT.
Spectators Forego Lunch.
1t was necessary for the judge TO
reprimand the spectators at one juno
ture when the girl told Mr., Davis her
reply 10 McNamara's statement OF his
evil intentions: You are not talking
10 some grease bali when you talk to
me- she claimed she told Mcnamara
The spectators then laughed and the
judge raped for order, declaring he
would clear the court room at further
demonstrations.
Mr.. Davis demanded definition Of
the sentence, and the girl explained
that she meant the Kind he had been
going with"
Court adjourned at 1890 until p. m.
Monday afternoon, when the examlna-
ton Of the chief prosecuting witness
will continue.
So intense was the interest in the
girls testimony against Mcnamara
that not person In the throng which
packed the courtroom left his or' her
seat, apparently rather being willing to
forego dinner or luncheon than miss a
line Of the testimony
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
LOCAL SECURITIES.

Quotations are unofficial, being a..
cured from the most reliable sources
and are based on the last known sass
HANK SrncL-c
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
FAIR PRICE FOR
TON Of COTTON
SEED IS S67.45
IcOntinued From First Page)

NCohunueu From Fist 1aBel
OF OIL This decline has been only
partially recovered to date.
In view Of these facts the oil mills
must buy the first seed purchased
largely on a speculative basis. AS IS
usual in such cases they buy as low
as possible in order to play safe.
But the facts seem TO indicate that
this year some Of them rather over
played their hands. this being partieu-
larry true In Mississippi and some other
states where an attempt was made TO
agree on a price.
THE oil miller is entitled to reason
ably safe business and fair profit
on his investment and operations. but
II Is not easy 10 determine what Is a
fair profit for him. Some Of the mills
are very efficient and the operating
costs as well as the efficiency Of the
milling itself vary EFeatlV The oil mill
ers are not generally willing to give out
the facts. and we do not know Of any
data which will establish an average
manufacturers cost Of handling ton
Of cotton seed Any attempt to fix a
reasonable manufacturers cost is open
TO attack. The average cost would be
attacked as entirely too Low. by the in
efficient miller, while the farmer would
Judge this same average cost as too
high And, moreover, probably no one
knows what the average cost is,
But any attempt to arrive at what
is fair price for ton of cotton seed
TO the farmer must be based, first, on
the value Of the oil, meal, hulls and
linters 10 the miller and second, rea-
sonable operating cost plus fair profit
to the miller. ..
THE answer to the question will de-
pend on the quality OF the seed, the ef-
ficiency OF the miller and tho prices
received by him for the products OBJ
tanned from ton OF cotton seed.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
No Premiums Paid.

Since the inefficient oil miller Is
not entitled to as great profit as
the efficient operator, we prefer to
make the operating or manufacturers
cost and the profit as one item, In this
way the profit is higher when the OPP
Grating cost Is lower and the profit low
er when the operating cost Is high or
the operations inefficient
1T appears to us we are under obi
cations to give our readers some basis
for Judging what they should receive
for ton OF seed under present condi-
tons. These conditions vary in diff
ferent sections and from day to day,
or from week to week. The figures or
estimates we will use are therefore not
thought to be absolute. Any man can
attack them and in particular cases
show them inaccurate, but on the other
hand they are probably as nearly fair
as ANY which can be given. At least
they will serve as a basis for calculating
the value OF a ton of seed, or what the
farmer should receive for ton of seed
II anyone has different information for
a particular case, he can use this in
formation and yet arrive at the APP
proXimate price which in such a case
he should receive for his seed.
I'VE assume, the following as a fair
statement OF the average products from
a ton Of average upland cotton seed:
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
Help Negroes Help Themselves

THE committee has adopted as its
basic principle this policy, viz: The
white citizens, functioning through the
industrial welfare committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, stand ready to
help those of the negro race who are
willing and sincerely anxious to help
themselves.
1.-THE committee proposes to furnish
finanmial aid to such undertakings and
projects as, are or may be fostered by
negro organizations where the said or
ganizations and projects have:
"(a) The unqualified Endorsement OF
the purposes and policies of the pro-
posted activities; and,
"(b) Where a substantial amount oil
the funds required shall have been pro
Vided by the negroes themselves.
mo funds shall be distributed until
a thorough and complete investigation
of the project shall have been made by
the committee fully convinced of the
soundness and feasibility Of the under
taking, All moneys shall be duly ac-
counted for
Summarizing the results of inter.
views with many representatives of the
negro race in Memphis and vicinity, the
committee is of the unanimous opinion
that with your cooperation and finan.
cial assistance ii is quite possible fol
conditions to be made most satisfactory
TO both the white and negro races anc
to have Memphis an ideal place in which
| to live.
we ask you to stand with the com
mittee in an endeavor to secure fol
| the negroes a square deal at the hands
| of all employers and public officials, in
particular as relates to-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
Lines of Action.

ga The segregation laws Ito which
there is no objection as to the laws but
complaints as to the manner of en-
forcemenD.
"(b) The collection of poll taxes, road
taxes, the handling of garnishments,
etc.
"(c) The loan shark evil.
I'D The enforcement Of sanitary
laws
"(e) The creating of better housing
conditions.
"Q) Park facilities.
"(g) Better schools, especially along
vocational lines,
"These matters involve no expense,
but compliance with the request would
mean much toward bringing satisfaction
to the minds of the negro citizens,
Funds are needed for furnishing
equipment for the negro park, which
the committee is advised will shortly be
established by the park commissioners
There Is real and substantial need for
a negro orphanage in Memphis, and
funds are required to assist in this
work. Several worthy educational and
social activities are already under way
which, because of insufficient money,
are only partly or poorly functioning,
and funds are asked for to help along
these activities.
1.-THE committee is endeavoring to
create one general fund out Of which
these and other worthy projects may be
assisted and II is asking your subscrip-
| ton with the understanding that no fur
/ Their calls shall be made upon you fol-
such purpose prior to Jan. |, 1921"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
Action Is Necessary.

due to the activities Of industrial
centers in the North" the report says,
which have been ande are offering
many alluring inducements for negro
labor to move to such centers. large
numbers of negro families have mi
grated from this and other Southern
communities, causing an actual and
acute menace to our own industries and
the committee is brought face to face
with the absolute necessity of our city
fulfilling it's obligations and RESPONSE
bilities to the negro race in order TO
counteract, or at least meet, the COM
petition of the Northern industrial
movements.
The committee, through its rather
exhaustive investigation and survey of
conditions among the negro population
OF this city feels that 1t is justified in
urging upon the white citizens, most
especially the business people of Mem
phts, that systematic effort be made
to improve living and social conditions
in and among this very important ele-
mnnt of Otlr nnpnla finn
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06

no, he didn't try to put his arms around
me
when he telephoned TO me he asked
me n / didn't want to 60 riding. | told
him | couldn't go until 1880, lie told
me to get two girls, one OF them Lillian
-, for Jack tLongley.) He came
At Z o'clock and we called by, their
the Gulf Refinery company Iater de-
yeloped at McIemore and Mississippi,
where Allen said he wanted 10 swap
his car for another But he couldn' [
because the other car had been newly
nainted His car had no brakes
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
LOST AND FOUND

LOST AND FOUND.
sToLEN-Oct. 3, from Linden sta
|>tion, Memphis, Tenn, Ford touring car,
1917 model. factory No. 16S0602, Tennes-
see State License No. 1875, County IL
cense No. 1858. Bow near right front
seat damaged. Dent in right rear door.
Rear curtain wrinkled badly. Top bad
" worn Reward for recovery of car
and apprehension of guilty parties.
Notify G. l.. Meyers & Co, 1230-34
BANK of Commerce building.
TAKEN UP-One black horse mule,
about IA hands high, face and head
slightly gray. age about 10 or 10 years.
Apply for same. Jeff Carruthers, Ridge
way, Tenn, Kirby road.
LoST-Tuesday night in Princess
theater one diamond bar pin with large
stone in center. Reward. Call Hem.
$685..
TAKEN UP-One pig at 9S4 Lewis st.
Owner can have same by paying for
adv, and damages.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
VICTIM CHARGES
M'NAMARA WITH
HORRIBLE CRIME

lconllnued From rlrst PaEel