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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
PROPOSED ORDINANCE UP
FOR FIRST READING
TUESDAY, JULY
/, 1919. \
IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO,
AN

AN ORDINANCE
To provide for the improvement Of
Felix Avenue from the east curb line
OF B~arksdale Street to the west prop
erty line of South Cooper Street by
repairing and grading, draining. curb
ing and paving with tar macadain
pavement ON concrete foundation, and
doing all necessary work incidental
to such Improvement, pursuant to
Chapter S4l OF the Acts of the Cen
eral Assembly of the state of Ten
nessee for the year 1907, and as
amended by Chapter 1903 of the Acts
of the General Assembly OF the state
OF Tennessee for the year 1909, and as
further amended by Chapter 244 of
the Acts OF the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee for the year
1918, and as further amended by
Chapter 1855 of the Acts of the Cen
eral Assembly Of the State Of Ten
nessee for the year 1919:
Whereas, the city engineer, pursu-
ant to the instructions OF the mayor
and the board OF commissioners. has
filed with the city clerk a report bear
ing date Of June rs, 1919, In which II is
estimated that the total cost OF the i'm
provement will be approximately
twenty-three thousand four n
sixty-nine and sixty-nine one-hun-
dredths Cs2s. 400. SOY dollars; therefore,
Section /. Be II ordained by the board
OF commissioners Of the city OF Mem
phis, That Felix avenue, In the said
city of Memphis, from the east curb
line of South Barksdale street on the
west, to the west curb line Of South
Cooper street on the east, q distance
OF two thousand two hundred feet
G.200 ft,), more or less, be improved
by repairing, grading, draining, curb
ing and paving with tar macadam
pavement on concrete foundation.
The street is to remain its present
width throughout.
Radius curb corners will be installed
at all street corners.
The existing drain boxes and cuiverts
shall be moved and be replaced by con-
crete drains or open concrete cutters.
The necessary inlets, culverts n sub
surface drainage shall be installed TO
provide proper drainage.
The existing sidewalks shall be re-
moved where necessary and made to
conform TO plan Of street and the cost
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
CHARLEY WALTERS.

Here Is Charles II. Walters, promi-
nent amateur catcher, who Is now do
Ing the backstop duty for the American
Railway Express team In the Sunday
Liberty league. Charley Is one of the
most willing workers in the game, and
his spirit seems TO thrill and instill the
other team members to greater efforts.
his true class. due to not always be.
ing on a winner. However, he is re-
sponsible for a great measure of the
success OF the Railway Express team,
which now stands In second place In
the Liberty league pennant race, WAL
tiers is nov enjoying his best hitting
season.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
NOTICE.

ANY information leading to the
whereabouts of Richard Bird, colored,
will be appreciated, II years old, height
s feet 2 inches, weight 90 lbs. When
last seen wore corduroy suit, black cap.
Notify Cary Thomas. R. u. D. !. Box
20. Whitehaven. Tenn,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
POUND SALE.

One fawn-colored Jersey bull. If not
redeemed in five days from this date
will be sold at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash in front of po-
lice station, corner Second street and
Adams avenue, on Saturday. July 5,
at IL o'clock noon.
J. ?. BURNEY,
Chief of Police.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30

BY MUTUAL agreement the partner
ship heretofore existing between the
undersigned, under the firm name Of
Correll Baking Co., has this day been
dissolved. Mr.. Aaron Goodman with.
drawing. The business will be contin-
ued by Mr., NJ. L. Marx. who will pay
all outstanding obligations.
This May q. 1919.
AARON GOODMAN,
M. L. MARX.
! hespeak for Mr.. Marx a continu-
ance Of the patronage and good will Of
the customers of the company.
AARON GOODMAN.
CERTIFICATES Of stock Nos, 1 and
IA in Whitsell Brothers Manufacturing
company, Inc, a Tennessee corporation,
issued to W. B. Bayless for Is and IS
shares, respectively, have been lost or
misplaced and rave not been negotiated.
New certificates have been applied for
in the place Of said fost certificates,
and notice is hereby given OF the can-
collation. of said certificates Nos. 6 and
IA. Witness our hand this 24th day OF
May. W, B. Bayless.
wANTED-Building tradesmen to at
tend mass meeting, all affiliated un
ions, at Carpenters Hall, 95 S. Second
St. on Tuesday. July is, 5 p. m. Re-
freshments. Important.
II. G. TERLISNER,
Secy. Building Trades Council.
BRING your sewing troubles TO Mrs.
! #. Maness. 55S s. Speedway. Suburban,
South Memphis car.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
LOST AND FOUND.

FOR cleaning rugs. o and win
dnws. call Phillips. Hem. 1889.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
LEGAL NOTICES.


ARE you in trouble or DO you wish to
helm others in trouble? II so, attend
the noon prayer meeting Of Central
BAPTIST church. which has been run
every week day since Jan. 10. 1914.
REN cox. Pastor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

GOVERNOR SPROUTS appointment
~ of Joseph P McCullen to the judge
ship in Common Pleas Court No. left
vacant by the death of Judge Carr was a
wise choice.
Mr.. McCulen's standing at the Phila
delphia bar is of the highest. He has
proved himself an abe practitioner with
an unimpeachabc reputation during his
career of nearly four decades.
Aside from his entire worthincsS for
the place. disappointment is just recog-
milton of the fact that Mr. McCullen
should be restored to a post which he
held once before and lost through no
fault of his own. He was among the men
elevated to the bench of the Common
Pleas some years ago when one judge was
added to each of the five courts under a
legislative enactment which was after
ward pronounced unconstitutional
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
THE PRESIDENTS RETURN

TT IS reasonable to believe that Mr..
= Wilson's first public address after his
arrival from Paris will be one of the
most important and weighty of his career
The President will return to a country in
which opinion relative to the peace set
tlement is divided more oddly than SINH
lar opinion is divided anywhere else in
the world
There is a small but amazingly ener-
getic minority who believe that the terms
formulated at Paris are such as to elmi-
nate hope Of permanent peace, not only
In Germany, but anywhere in Europe
They are the idealiSts, the dreamers, who.
hoping for perfection, believe that the
President was not liberal enough in his
views.
Opposed to them is the large body of
opinion represented by Mr.. Wilson's
critics in the Senate and founded upon
the belief that the President was far
too liberal in his attitude toward Euro
peans, their troubles and their affairs.
Somewhere between these two ex.
tremes of viewpoint lies the rational
course which the American represent.
atives appear to have followed amid un.
thinkable difficulties. 1t is course which
plainly has been approved by the ma
jority of reasonable Americans.
There remain some aspects of the peace
settlement, however, which will be fully
understood in America only after tn,
President is freed from the rule of reti
cence and silence imposed upon him dur
ing the conference. That Mr. Wilson will
put new and helpful light upon some O,
the debated details of the Paris settle
ment is certain. Until then any attemp
at final judgments will be unwise anc
futile.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
WINNIPEG AGAIN ON THE MAP

WINNIPEG returns to civilization
w After six weeks of industrial strife
the general sympathetic strike in the
Manitoba metropolis is Internationally
called Bolshevistc. Of course, it wasn't
in other western Canadian cities.
The manifestation had been loosely
called Bolshevistic. OF course, is wasn't
anything of the sort any more than
Canada is Russia. 1t was a grandose
protest by leaders who sought to capital
ize unwarrantably panicky feelings re-
garding radicalism.
But as Petrograd's problems and Petro-
grads cast of mind are not Winnipeg's,
the uprising could not be acclimated.
Strikes, whether one likes them or not,
are common occurrences on the western
continent. Sovietism is an exotic and
will invariably wither in such environ
ment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

knows how soon new national emergen-
cies may arise, Americans have right
to expect that their military service will
be received in the spirit in which it is
rendered.
The country owes a debt to Colonel
Ansell for his address before the Bar As
sociation at Bedford Springs. If the
War Department cannot mitigate the
superfuous rigors of the army court
martial system then it is time for Con
gress to take hand in the matter.
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THE END OF THE SESSION

COME of the laws for which Governor
~ oSproul congratulated the Legislature
al, the hour of its adjournment were adj
vanced and constructive. But such laws
were passed almost invariably under the
pressure of popular criticism that had
become intoerable at Harrisburg and
elsewhere IN the councils of party leaders.
The session made it plain that the state
is still run not altogether by statesmen,
but mostly by politicians, who think Of
their own interests first and of the peo-
pies interests afterward.
The Governors gag bill counteracts
much of the good that the Legislature
managed to accomplish. The people of
the state should feel easier in mind after
the adjournment of body willing to put
that atrocity upon the statute books.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
A DAY FOR EVERY DRINK

NOW that July has been proclaimed
by the Department of Agriculture as
Buttermilk Day, the devotees of other
beverages are likely to demand that the
claims of their favorite potation be SINH
larly recognized.
Take switchel for example, that bev-
erage compounded of molasses and ginger
and vinegar and water, usually drunk
from a jug, deserves a day. 1t rests in
the shade under a tree in the bayfield,.
The balmy winds of heaven blow over it..
In the course of time cool beads of mois-
ture gather on the outside, most tempting
to the heated farmer. When he can stand
the sun no longer the farmer goes to the
jug for a swig of switched. Swig is the
word. No other its the function at which
he assists. BY all means there should be
a Switched Day.
And a Raspberry Vinegar Day would
delight tens of thousands of grandmoth-
ers. An Applejuice Day along about the
time of Halloween would please many
and Grape Juice Day might be so popu-
lar, now that some use must be made of
the grapes, thata single day would not
suffice, and the celebration might have to
be prolonged for a week.
Then there would be Lemonade Day
and Loganberry Juice Day, and perhaps
Cold Water Day on January 16 of every
year. There are so many potables posi-
BILE and popular that before we were
through with the job we should be likely
to have day for every drink.
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THE oUTWoRN ARMY CODE

r LIEUTENANT COLONEL ANSELL'S
- determined criticism of the army
court-martial system, made in the face
of objections by the secretary of war and
his advisers, continues TO be inspired by
an obvious sense of justice and patriot
ism.
Colonel Ansell speaks from experience.
He was until recently the judge advocate
general of the American army. The re-
sentiment and impatience which he ex-
presses at our tolerance of code devised
three hundred years ago for military dis
cipline, when every soldier was a serf
and the dependent of feudal baron, can
be best understood by any one who knows
the state of mind in which many Ameri-
can soldiers have returned from con-
facts with young, inexperienced and ego
tistical officers.
II was as an ardent and intelligent
servant of the state that the average
American went to war, yet he served
under the provisions OF military laws
which we inherited from the England Of
three hundred years ago. The British
have revised the ode, which is unchanged
!, in America.
Mr.. Baker could do better than permit
Mis- assistants in the War Department tc
dictate stereotyped denials j swer ts
elonel AnselI. In tims no ons
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
by prospective prison sentence of
twenty years and by fine of $4,000.

Even. assuming that such a measure
were necessary, this bill is so badly drawn
that the Governor ought not to have hes
itated to veto it, But it is not necessary,
for all the real offenses against which it
is directed are already covered by the ex-
isting laws, as we pointed out some weeks
ago and as its opponents in the Legis-
lature have said time after time
But if the bill were perfectly drawn
and the offenses against which it is sup
posed to be directed were not already
covered by statute, it ought not to have
become law, for the principle on which
it is based is fundamentally wrong. 1t
rests on the accursed Hun theory of the
sanctlty of the state. 1t attempts to make
it more heinous offense to attack pub
lie official than to attack private citi-
zen. 1t makes it crime to do anything
which would bring the state into con-
tempt, as though the state were a more
sacred thing than its citizens.
We have been fighting Prussianism
and we have defeated it on the battle
field - that Prussianism which has in
sisted that the citizen exists for the state
instead of the state for the citizen, and
now in this great free commonwealth,
founded by free men who have created
the state to. serve them, we have en-
bodied in our laws a medieval theory,
the application Of which in this era has
plunged the world into the most bloody
war since jealous hatred caused the first
murder.
1t may be that lese majestic is to be
made a crime, but We are not yet ready to
believe that commonwealth of free men
will tolerate such an anachronism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

The bill not only makes it seditious to
bring the government into contempt; but
to sell, distribute or give away any pub
lications which tend to produce such a
result or. to organize or become a men,
Der of any assembly, society or group the
purposes of which are to produce such
contempt is also defined as seditious.
1t is conceivable that such conditions
may arise in this state that it's most pa
triotic and public-spirited citizens would
organize for the purpose of forcing from
power corrupt government in Harris
burg. The bill is so loosely drawn that
this hypothetical corrupt government
could accuse every member of such an
organization of sedition and demand of
subservient judges that the maximum
penalty be inflicted. And the judges and
not the juries would decide the crucial
point on which the guilt or innocence
must rest. The judges would interpret
the law and instruct the juries that SUCH
and-such conduct "tended to bring the
government into contempt" and that if
the accused were guilty of such conduct
then they must be convicted.
For the sake of Furnishing a few Boil
shevists it is "a most grievous blundei
to give to those men who wish to silence
their critics the opportunity to muzzle
and gag every, honest and independent
citizen aud every high-minded pewspapel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
WHEN THE WORLD
GOES DRY

TN EVER GROWING numbers
L They totter to their fall 80
The walls and forts and sally ports
OF Old King Alcohol.
Oh. where in all the nation
For comfort shall we fly,
And cheer and consolation
When the World Goes Dry?
What form of drink or victual
Shall be its substitute?
In what new shape shall bloom the grape,
That sweet, forbidden fruit?
What draught shall set men singing
And sparkle in the eye,
And send the soul a -winging
When the World Goes Dry?
Perhaps the dawnlight's nectar
Upon the trees of May
Will shine for those who used to doze "
Until the arid day;
Perhaps the dewy cleaning
Shall turn the gaze on high
Where galaxies are foaming
When the World Goes Dry!
Perhaps the eye that's clearer
Can see finer earth;
Perhaps the brain more nearly sane
Can understand its worth.
The ear can hear more laughter
When fewer children cry
Twill dry some tears hereafter
When the World Goes Dry.
Well find the buried treasure
That's just outside the door;
And we shall see sublimity
We never saw before.
And joy shall wed with duty,
And earth shall touch the sky
Well all get drunk on Beauty
When the World Goes Dry.
Ted Robinson, in. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
What Do You Kno,v?
QUIZ

QUIZ
1. How often is tne president of France
elected?
.. What two distinguished Americans have
just .1s,,ay received degrees from Oxford
8. What is the origin of the word milliner!
4. How did "Tray" come to be name for
dog?
r. Where is the German national monu-
ment?
and bathos?
7. To whom did George Washington ad-
dress his Farewell Address?
8. Name two books written by Woodrow Z
Wilson prior to the period of his pres
idency?
o. Why is wit called wag?
10. How old is the ex crown prince OF Ger
many?
Answers to Yesterdays oulz
1. francesca Nitti is the new premier Of
Italy.
Q. Thomas Paine was the author of the ex-
preston, ''These are the times that try
mems souls.
2. Losantivile was the original name OF
Cincinnati. es
a A bathorse is a horse that carries bag
gage, as of an officer or Others during
campaign.
r The Irish name Shawn is the equivalent
of John. sh
q. The Murray is the longest river in Aus
tralia.,
7. The ex Empress Eugene is native OF
Granada, Spain.
8. The Mediterranean is the largest tideless
sea in the world
0: The troy ounce is. the unit in weighing
- gold.
10. The month Of July l. named after Julius
Caesars =. e. - ..- /. g..
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THE CHAEF7NG DISH

a wise man, does not earn his living by being
a humorist. He is Exhibit A in the triumph
of the amateur over the professional. FER
haps the fact that he is the assistant treas
urer of brass foundry in Detroit has some
thing to do with his liaison with the Press
Humorists. In passing, we might remark
that he was for some years assistant treas
urer of the National Biscuit Company. Like
some other sagacious men, Mr.. Higinbotham
realized that the job of assistant treasurer
is ideal. In that position one is near enough
to the shrine to have access to the funds,
and yet is not responsible for their wan
derngs.
Brother Higinbotham, who is Detrot's
favorite after dinner speaker, ought to feel
at home in Philadelphia, for his fathers
name was William Penn Higinbotham. He
was born in Manhattan-but wait a minute
Manhattan, Kansas, in 1867, and went to
Lincoln, Nebraska, to practice law, in 1888.
On arriving thither he found that William
Jennings Bryan had settled there the year
before, and rapidly removed to Chicago. In
1904 he wrote book, "Three Weeks in
Europe" which established his fame as a
droll. He was elected to the Chicago Press
Club and thence his descent to the Press
Humorists was easy.
Mr.. Higinbotham is a tall man, compare
lively unblemished by the passage of time.
As he remarked of Henry Ford, he is as
| sound as a nut Lucky the toastmaster who
can call on Brother Hignbotham for "a few
remarks" His engaging drolleries are un-
| falingly delightful. He is proud of three
| things: First, of having the youngest silver
| wedding wife in America second, of having
| achieved the aim he set for himself on leav-
| ing college-never to be uncomfortably rich,
but to be able to quit at fifty three. Next
year he is going to leave the brass foundry
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
Ninth and Chestnut
hon the storm comes down on Chestnut

When the storm comes down on Cnestnu'
street,
And pavements hiss with wet refraln'
When a cooling air moves, clean ana sweet
Through the stir and rumor OF the ram
wbor horses backs are dark and sleek,
And ankles twinkle nimbly by,
When every gutter flows creek
beneath the downpour of the sky,
"How glorious" I did exclaim:
"I'u have to put this in rhyme
A motortruck deep sloshing came
And plastered me with beaucoup slime.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
eIoqraphy OF a HumorIst

A NUMBER of people have been asking us
n about this John U. Higinbotham, one of
the American Press Humorists, who has
hsen going around to these Kiwanis, Rotary
ami Poor Richard Club luncheons and
startling the inmates with his saber toothed
tests. In answer to the frequent query,
Wbat is a humorist and how does he get
that way? we took all the trouble to send one
a. the Chatting Dishs smart young men to
interview Mr.. Higinbotham,
In the 6rst place, MI Hisnbotham. being
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

Governor Sproul in appointing Joseph
p. McCullen to the Common Pleas Court
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Judge Carr has appropriately selected
real, not a fake, Democrat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

The only trouble about Palm Beach SUIT
is that it deteriorates rapidly in this faulty
world of soup and safety matches.
The only Palm Beach outfit we ever wore
would have been social death warrant on
the shining sands of it's name place after we
had lived in it three weeks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

f. J. Cattell has been made an hon
orary member of the American Press HUI
morists' Association, perhaps because he
members than amy other man in America.
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Why Men Leave Home

Erdav June OF: One of the strange inhu-
enres attached to the stars at this time Is
desire 10 possess jewelry and precious stones
and in lieu of these. beads or ornaments:
nealers in such merchandise have the toTecast
Of continued proht.-From BOOK OF faoro
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

It will be vacation time for three whole
months in the schools. Who will wonder
why men and women yearn for the days of
their childhood?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

Uneasy lies the head that wears frown.
DOVE DULCET.
People in Boston are the people one likes
to write poems for. Not long ago we wrote,
and printed in this Dish, light hearted
sonnet about landlady in lodging house.
1t was suggested to us by notice we found
tackled up over boarding house bathtub, a
notice which read Please Leave the Tub as
You Would Wish to Find 1t. Upon our
honor we did not know that we were doing
ANYTHING except try to exhibit the humors
of the lodging house. But now a reviewer
in a Boston paper (bless his heart y tells us
what we were up to. In this poem, says the
critic, we were
nioturing an approach to something deeper
the mystery and wonder of life that lie far
heyond reach. In spite of the caustic ac-
tbality there is just this mood of the in
explicable behind the curtain of fact.
II it's our last word on earth, we say bless
that critic for finding the hidden meaning we
didn't know was there
Dove Dulcet, by the way, asked us to lend
him fivei but we replied, after carefully
thinking the matter over, that we don't be-
ieye in depositing money in mountebank.
We offered, however, to set up pannikin
| of soup. When it's a question of blowing
| him to a lunch, Dove is as light as feather.
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

The time has come when a great many
people are beginning to regret that they
didn't start war gardens for the days Of
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The independent and Organization
councilmen have failed to agree on the loan
and will continue their negotiations. But
both factions know that they must agree
Sona time
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27

The peace commissioners will be as
happy on Saturday as a boy out of school.