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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-21

The ldlcwild, from Pecan Point Mon
day night, brought In 200 sacks OF
seed, 20 bales Of cotton and ~ pas
sengors.
The river at Memphis took another
tumble in the last "a hours, falling SO
feet. The stage Tuesday reads 23.S
feet, a fan of more than nine feet since
the crest arrived Saturday.
AS II result Of the rapid fall, wharf
boats arc experiencing considerable
trouble keeping off the bank, Their
packet boats have to drag them off
twice daily, An automobile slid on
the mud into the river Tuesday morn
ing, but fortunately the Memphis Pack
ct company's wharf stopped it before
1t was submerged,
The Ferd Herold departs at s pm.
Tuesday on the second trip TO Cairo,
The Liberty arrived al Cairo Mon
day and will leave for Memphis
Wednesday. arriving Friday.
The Kate Adams was due at Rose
dale Tuesday. having arrived at Helena
Monday night.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-21
!. !. TreadWay.

GREENWOOD, Miss, Jan q. tSpl)
-, ]. Treadway died Monday at his
nome in this city after a short illness
OF Influenza. The funeral o place
Al their residence on Cotton street at
10 o'clock Tuesday morning. The ser
ylce was conducted by Rev, j. A. Hall,
assisted at the cemetery by Rev. W.
III. Campbell. Informant followed in
The Itta Bena cemetery
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-21
B. F, McRae, Sr.

IUKA, Miss, Jan. q. tSpll~-B. +,
Sence OF his son, r, f McRae. Jr,
'Mr, McRae. was one of Iuka's most re-
spected citizens and at the time of his
death was circuit clerk OF this county,
is survived by seseu children, j,
ID. b. f., Jr., and 7. G. McRae live
here; ". Il McFae, Misses ottie n
Mabel reside in Memphis. his youngest
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-21
THIEF LOVED U S

Charged with house breaking and lar
ceny Henry Hunter, negro, who is al
legged to have carried off a Nictrola,
96 records and clothing belonging to
Ellis CLANCY, negress, Eagle flats, was
held for the state In city court as a
reminder, so Judge Fitzhugh said, to
persuade him from his taking ways.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-21
TMecDea0W
James w. Collins,

BRISTOL. Tenn. Jan. 81, (SpLl-
News has been received here ANNOUNCE
ing the death Of James W, Collins,
aged II. which occurred at his home
in Danville, Ky. lie was a native OF
Washington county. His widow, five
children, three sisters and one brother
survive him.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-21
Mrs. E. H. FAY.

GREENWOOD, Miss, Jan. 81. (spl.l
Mrs. r. s. Mclean received the sad
news Monday morning Of the death OF
her sister, Mrs. Il. II, Fay, who died
N her home In Knoxville, Tenn, Mrs,
Mclean herself is very Ill with influ-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-21
Time Tested Tailors.

For years we have made mems
clothes, All of Our tailors are special
ists-their workmanship is perfect. ].
n. Moriarty n Sons, Tailors, 81 s,
Main. adv,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-21
John j. Keely.

son, Kenneth, is stationed at San Diego,
Cal, in the navy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-21

The Ne,cs Scimjtar is tnet as an advertising medium
,0jh Memphis business men. They see results from
their advertising expenditure and results count.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-21
Double Chin

If you have a double chin and
ilabbiness of the face, or if you are
overstout in other parts of the body,
get some oil of korein lin capsules)
at the druggist Is; follow directions;
beautify figure, improve health, vi
vaeity, etc, through a simple system
for reducing weight ten to sixty
pounds. Eat all you need; no tedi,
Gus sxercise or starving. Oil Of
korein is perfectly harmless, Re.
duetion guaranteed; or your money
back. Look and feel younger. Cut
this adv't. out SO youl remember.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-21
NeWS of RiUe1:s
River Bulletin.

Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 81. 1919.
observations taken at Z am, 18th
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-21
Driftwood.

ldlewild at $50 am. Wednesday for
Pecan Point.
Pearl city twice for Mound city, Ark,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-21
Departures.

The river at Memphis will continue
to fall rapidly during the next three
dANs.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
ification Of petty ambition.

ification Of petty ambition.
Theodore Roosevelt was the ex
act counterpart of such puny
creatures. He was pre-eminently
and always a Man: strong in
character, ever willing to help
broad-visioned, generous, magnifi.
cent. The littleness Of other men
the crafty wiles of brazen up.
starts or seasoned hypocrites
drew his swift and unerring
shafts Of vitriolic condemnation
In denouncing evil political
moral, social-he was unsparing
Picking out here and there the
best he found in other men, he
sought to weave it into the won.
drous fabric of his own life.
He knew neither color nor race
nor creed. In this he was truly
cosmopolitan. At the same time
he was thoroughly convinced that
Providence had set aside this
broad land for the refuge of the
downtrodden, the asylum Of the
oppressed, the home Of the perse-
cuted. He would welcome into
our vast domains the suffering of
all lands, on the one irrevocable
condition, that they become an
integral part of the country that
opened it's arms to embrace them
No half-hearteG allegiance would
he tolerate: the stranger who
knocked at our gates must be
ready to give up father, mother
and fatherland and cling to Co.
lumbia as his dearest treasure.
Roosevelt stood ever upon an
eminence. His stature was seen
of all the world. Throughout the
earth was he known as the typical
American, the one man who dem
onstrated in his life all that was
best in our national life. The
virtues that are supposed to be-
long to all good Americans he
showed forth in his own words
and deeds. His conspicuous posi-,
ton made him target for the
wicked, the mean, the petty, as
we'll as a beacon to encourage the
weary traveller, a solace for the
faint-hearted. His home life was
ideal; his public life was ire
proachable, his morality of the
most unimpeachable purity. In a
word, Theodore Roosevelt was
ever and always in every sense, a
Real Man.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
THE LECTURE GUILD
NEW ORGANIZATION TO SUPPLY
CATHOLIC LECTURERS.

Among the many after war agencies
our attention is called to The Lecture
Guild with headquarters at East
And St., New York City. It's object
is to facilitate the expression of Cath
Ollie ideals from the lecture platform
and to this end it will be an agency
through which the best lecturers may
be engaged, and bureau from which
all available information in regard to
lecturers and speakers for any occas-
ion may be obtained.
On the advisory board are: Rev.
r. H. Tierny, S. j., editor of America;
Rev. ]. ]. Burke, C. S. p, chairman of
the Committee on War Activities of
the National Catholic War Council;
Rev. Thomas M. Schwertner, o. P,
editor of The Rosary Magazine; Hon.
Maurice Francis Egan, minister to
Denmark, 19O7-1918; Mr.. Michael Will
liams, editor of the N C. w. C. Bull
letin; Miss Blanche Mary Kelly, Miss
Clare I. Cogan, and Mrs. Joyce Kilmer.
These names are an endorsement for
any undertaking, if any further were
needed it is supplied in the list of lee
turers already cooperating with the
Guild whose names and subjects Of lee
lures I'LL an eight-page circular.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01

working in residences, plus car
fare and, of course, one meal.
Longshoremen ask 81 to So a day.
Their work is hard, irregular and
not steady. Everywhere that one
turns there is demand for higher
wages and easier hours or employ
ment conditions.
What is living wage? If, at
present prices, with augmented
rents, war taxes and increased ex-
penses of so many kinds, it re-
quires from SIS to 81 day to en-
able laborer with a family of
three to four persons in addition
to himself, to live-to pay rent,
secure clothing, eat sufficient food
to preserve health and to exist
upon the same scale which So a
day permitted three or four years
ago-then we must get accus-
toned to the seemingly very high
wages. They are, after all, but a
living wage. The money today
has not the purchasing power that
money of a few years ago pos
sessed.
At one time-some hundreds of
years ago-a pair of shoes cost
but a penny in England. Today,
in the United States, where the
finest shoe-making machinery in
the world is made, pair Of shoes
cost So to $12 or more. The pen
ny shoes Of centuries ago were
made by hand. Presumably, the
penny of those days paid for the
full days labor of the workman
Living costs have been rising as
the world grows older. In pc
riods of depression in commerce
and in times of panics, living
costs go down temporarily. But
the tendency is always upward.
A living wage of today is prob
ably more than Sc. In few years
we shall be dealing in figures that
will make old memories of costs
before the recent great war seem
to be as distant as the days when
a pair of shoes cost but penny.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
THE VATICAN CHOIRS.

Narrow minds amuse them
selves, and others Of like ilk, by
declaring that the Catholic
Church is the enemy Of science.
Few persons today, however, take
such an accusation seriously,
since education is widespread,
and history shows on every hand
the prominent part played by
Catholic scholars in the achieve
ments of art and science through
out the world.
Now come the worlds chief ex-
ponents Of music of a high order.
They do not hail from the con-
servatories Of state or secular
domination, but from the veneer
able basilicas of Catholicity, from
the fountain-head Of religion,
from Rome. Their leader is not
a lay authority Of great repute,
but a prelate Of the Catholic
Church, one of the most, eminent
masters of the art and science of
music.
By a singular privilege the peo-
pie of America enjoy the I'M
wonted honor of listening to this
unrivalled choir in all it's splen-
dor. Writers in the world of mu-
sic tell us that it has not been DOS
sible to gather together here a
body of singers who would present
the works of a Palestrina in an
adequate manner. The Vatican
Choirs include this adequate pres
entation as a part of their re-
portoire. To the comparatively
few Americans who have heard
the peerless Sistine Choir render
Palestrina, this means much: to
all others it will prove an unex-
pected revelation.
It would be well for the thou
sands, who will flock to this glo-
rious festival of song to remem-
Der that the singers were trained
under the auspices Of the Catholic
Church, that their wondrous
voices have been dedicated to the
praises of God, and their match.
less leader is a Catholic, priest
a prelate Of the Papal household
Yes, the Church does encourage
science, and art, too.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
THE EFFECTS OF LIQUOR.

The evil consequences of drink ex-
tend much farther than the drinker
himself imagines, as is illustrated by
the following story:
Mr. Burdick was a man who never
touched liquor in any form, but he
had several men in his employ who
imbibed more or less. He had habit
of asking for an interview with his
chiefs of departments for instructions.
One afternoon about four o'clock he
came in quite Unexpectedly, and sent
for Mr.. Boyle. The Office boy re-
turned and reported that Mr.. Boyle
had not been down all day.
WELL" said Mr.. Burdick, TASK Mr..
Cutler if he can step in here for a mo-
ment'
The boy soon returned. "Mr. Cutler
hasn't come down yet" said the boy.
"Well,'' said Mr. Burdick, "find Mr..
Congdon or Mr.. Page, or Mr. Wood
any one; I must see one of them i'm
mediately."
The boy went away again but came
back with the discouraging word:
They amt one of 'em down, sir.
There was some blowout last night
and they all went"
Mr.. Burdick muttered something in
an undertone. Then rising, he said:
"Well, for man who doesn't drink,
certainly suffer more from the effects
of liquor than any one I ever knew"
Catholic Temperance Advocate.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
ALCOHOL A DECEIVER.

1t cannot be denied that alcohol has
been recently shown to have greater
powers of injury to health than any
other drug known to mankind, not so
much on account of it's individual po-
tency, though this is more far-reach-
ing than has been suspected, but on
account of it's universal use and the
extraordinary delusions that have
been entertained regarding it. 1t has
been proved to have direct causative
effects in disease of the most powerful
kind, and almost as great indirect or
predisposing effects. It's action is thus
double-edged, creating ill-health by a
frontal attack, and laying the system
open to disease by rear assault. 1t
so deceives it's victims that while it
Stays him with one hand it pretends to
heal him with the other.
DR.. Alexander Walker,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
ROOSEVELT, THE MAN.

Citizenship, patriotism, ability,
success are but secondary in the
life of an individual. What is re-
quired of a man is that he be a
Man in every better sense of the
term. This presupposes qualities
of mind and of heart that respond
to the very best in human nature,
qualities whose exemplifcation in
every circumstance points to the
unsullied heart, the interrupted
mind, the upright soul.
Some men bear in their conduct
of life the unmistakable badge
of littleness. Their outlook is
bounded by selfish interest; their
relations with their fellows are
marked by bitterness. Charity
kindness, even justice, is for.
eign to their nature unless il
bring with it's exercise some in.
crease Of fancied Importance
some soothing Of vanity, or graf
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
MANY REQUESTS
HOME FOR lNDI GENT SEAM
AND RE-
LIGION PROVIDED FOR BY NEW
YORK MODESTO.

A home for INDECENT needlewomen
is to be established in New York city
or it's vicinity, in accordance with the
will OF Margaret A. Howard, modiste,
which has been filed for probate.
Women of advancing years, who have
earned their livelihood as seam
stresses or in kindred occupations,
but who now are unable to work
longer, are to be admitted regardless
of religious belief The amount set
aside in a trust fund for the MAR
garet A. Howard Home is $4OO, 900.
Nine. Howard died August 27, at the
age of 70 years. She was without rel
atives, but had hosts of friends among
those who had worked for her when
she had the most fashionable estab-
lishment in New York, or those who
knew her when she was buyer for an
exclusive house there.
Legacies of $4,000 each go to ST.
Vincent de Paul Society and the Lit
tie Sisters of the Poor.
Legacies of $4,000 each are provided
for st. Vincent Hospital and the Sal
walton Army. Three thousand dollars
each is bequeathed to St. Francis
Xavier Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral,
the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum,
st. Stephen Church, St. Leo Church,
and the Holy Innocents Church.
Requests of $4,000 each go to the
Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland; Arch
bishop of Dublin, Bishop of Cork and
the Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
Sums of $1,000 each are given to st.
Gabriel Sanitarium, New York Home
of the Sisters of Misericordia, st. Jo-
seph Home for Consumptives, st. Mi
chael's Home for Destitute Children,
House of the Good Shepherd, New
York Fire Department Relief Fund
and the New York Founding Hospital.
Former employees of Nine. Howard
are remembered with requests rang
ing from $500 to $500, while score
of other charitable institutions, most
ly Catholic, receive $500 requests
each.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01

Some years ago a voice now 81
lent uttered this warning: "Mor.
atty without God is void of force,
as it is void Of sanction. AS well
may you bid the frail reed Of the
field to hold up against the pass.
ing storm as to bid the human soul
apart from divine support to with,
stand the fierce assaults of pas
sion. The peril of the age, the
peril of America, is secularism in
schools and colleges. l signalize
the peril; how it is to be removed
the people of the land will some
day declare when the harsh les.
sons of facts will have forced
them to realize the gravity Of the
situation Archbishop Ireland
"being dead, yet speaketh. - And
his words seem to many serious
minded Americans to have a pc.
culiar bearing upon present day
conditions.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
ARCHBISHOP GLENNON
ENDORSES AND CONTRIBUTES TO
HOUSING MOVEMENT IN MOUND
cITY-To RELIEVE coNGES-
TON.

Most Rev. Archbishop Glennon was
one of the principal speakers last
week at meeting of the Chamber of
| Commerce of st. Louis which had for
its purpose the formation of a hous-
ing corporation, of which he is one of
the trustees, to collect and administer
a fund of 100000 to be used in the
construction of homes for laboring
men, in order to relieve the demand
for housing in that city. Large sub
scriptions to the fund were made at
the meeting
Archbishop Glennon, who contribut-
ed $1,000 to the fund, told of his con-
nection with the association and his
belief in it.
AS soon as the first $1,000,0O0 is
subscribed ground will be purchased
and the erection of substantial homes
started near the new industrial dis
trict of the city, where demands are
greatest.
The trustees and officers will give
their time and energies without pay.
Building will begin when $1,000,000
has been obtained, and houses, whose
cost is not to exceed $4,000, will be
erected.
Purchasers of homes will pay for
them in periods of as long as 20 years,
permitting workers to buy homes on
rental basis.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
MONS|GN0R FOLEY
MILITARY VICAR GENERAL HON.
ORED BY ROME.

The Reverend William Foley, pas
tor of st. Ambrose Church, Chicago,
has received official notification of his
appointment as Domestic Prelate to
the Holy Father with the title of Mon
signor.
While Father Foley has many fruit
full years of service in the Archdiocese
of Chicago to his credit, the outstand-
ing reason for his selection for this
particular honor is to be found in his
war service record.
On March 1, 1917, the Chaplain
Bishop, now Archbishop Hayes of
New York, appointed the pastor of
st. Ambrose Church as Military Vicar
General for the middle West territory.
Father Foley thus had charge of army
and navy chaplains in fourteen states,
and the extremely onerous duties OF
organization and development found
him at once energetic and efficient.
In the course of his tours Of inspec-
ton he travelled upwards of seventy
thousand miles, visiting all the camps
and stations in his district, regularly
and frequently. His visits resulted in
much good, not only for the chaplains,
but also for the men and the cause
they served.
Last spring his services to the state
brought recognition from Governor
Lowden in the shape of captain S
commission in the adjutant generals
department, and in June of this year
Niagara University conferred upon
him the degree of LII. D.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
CARDINAL IS PENN|LESS
EVERYTHING HE PO S S e S S E D
GIVEN TO THE POOR OF HIS
COUNTRY.

A new light was thrown on the me-
morable sacrifices which Cardinal Mer-
cier has made for his despoiled fell
low countrymen, with the announce
ment of the formation of a non-sec-
tartan committee of fifty citizens of
New York to raise testimonial fund
as practical expression of their re-
gard for the heroic prelate.
The committee embraced men of
every faith and creed and numbered
among it's executive members both
Archbishop Hayes, head of the Ro-
man Catholic Archdiocese of New
York, and Bishop Charles S. Burch,
head of the Metropolitan Protestant
Episcopal Diocese.
Formation of, the committee re-
vealed the fact that Cardinal MERCER
had given away in the name of char
ity practically his entire resources.
1t is said that one million dollars
was presented the Cardinal by New
York for relief in Belgium.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
PRIEST HOLDS MOB
BOSTON PRIEST WAS ABLE TO
DEFEND MEN AGAINST MOB.

Monsignor George J. Patterson, rec,
tor of st. Vincent's Church, South
Boston, was the hero of notable in
cident of the second night of the riot
ing in Boston. Just before the state
guardsmen arrived in that section
three volunteer officers, going off duty
started for their homes unarmed. In
a moment they were pursued by a
crowd of stone-throwing men and
boys, at least one hundred strong.
Monsignor Patterson, grasping the
situation was on hand when the Off
GERS finally turned at bay, and rush.
ing through the crowd, stood in front
of the three men. A writer in The
Boston Post describes what followed:
you can kill me if you like, but
you can't hurt these mem" he shout.
ed.
The presence of the priest and his
defiance of the mob brought hostili.
ties to a pause for moment. Then
it was that the state guard officer
Lieutenant Stevens, pushed through
the crowd with automatic in hand
He whirled, and, standing by the side
of the clergyman, confronted the
crowd
Back, there!" he shouted. "The
first man that advances a foot dies
in his tracks,"
The wicked blue steel muzzle of the
automatic swung in a half circle. Not
man in the crowd spoke. Then the
mob turned and departed down Broad
way.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-01
FOR THOSE IN PRISON.

A year ago today human souls
were being hurled into eternity at
a terrifcally rapid rate. Before
the month Of November - the
month of the Holy Souls-had
half run it's course a cessation of
carnage halted the flow into
heaven, hell and purgatory. The
more fortunate beings came be-
fore their God dressed in the nup-
tial garment Of the Lamb and
were forthwith ushered into the
bliss that knows no end. The in
fernal regions also claimed their
need of war and death: the toll
rose swiftly, and the terrors of
hell no doubt embraced a far
greater number than had been
seen for many long period.
Between happiness and misery
the middle state gathered in it's
legions. Purgatory beheld a vast
multitude Of shriven souls enter
it's portals. These children of God
came from the world Of sin, still
keeping the faith, but bearing the
mark that condemned them to fur
Their publication. 1t is of these
hapless beings that the Church
speaks to us in this time of
thoughtful remembrance.
The titanic conflict that has but
recently closed sent myriads to
their permanent doom. At the
same time countless human beings
that yesteryear walked with us,
worked and played here below,
are now drawing out a painful ex-
istence in the cleansing elements
Of spiritual purgation. They are
in prison. They long for the
kindly ministrations of some well
fare agency here below. On
earth loving hearts and ready
hands were ever prompt to succor
their smallest need: now they ap-
peal, alas, but too often in vain,
for the relief that is so easily
proffered if men would but heed
their cry.
The Catholic Church makes a
direct appeal this month to every
one Of her children on earth to
come to the rescue Of those who
languish in their purgatorial
prison. She offers the means to
alleviate the sufferings Of those
who have gone before: prayer,
penance, Mass, indulgences, Holy
Communion. Every Christian
owes a debt Of gratitude to some
soul now agonizing in the Great
Beyond: a debt Of love and, not
rarely, Of justice remains to be
paid by us towards those our
brethren. Let every Catholic
soul remember that with what
measure we mete out to others
shall it be measured unto us.