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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
ONTARIO MAY KILL
WARTIME PROHIBITION

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. S.-The pos
sibility that the electors of the Cana
dian province of ontario will ballot to
kill the wartime prohibition restrictions
this fall is being given some c~onsidera-
ton by federal and state officers here.
Should Ontario decide to again permit
the sale Of liquor of more than "a per
cent alcoholic content the officers be-
lieve whisky smugglers whose activities
over the Michigan-ohio border, the
Michigan Wisconsin line and from Chi
cago to points within this state were
checked with the coming of national
prohibition will again attempt to
operate.
Oct. Is has been decided upon as the
date for taking the vote on LIQUOR in
Ontario. the ballot to be in the form of
a referendum. The bill contains -four
clauses, the first concerning the repeal
of the Ontario temperance act, which
will decide the action of the provincial
parliament. The other three concern
the traffic in wine, beer and whisky in
the individual cities.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
BOLTON COLLEGE SOON
TO OPEN FALL TERM

Prof, w, II. Stephens has been Sc
lected by the county board Of education
as principal for Bolton college. His
faculty also has been named as follows:
Ruth Holt Annie Travis, Gladys Kim.
brough and Cynthia Bias in the high
school, and Ella Tidwell, principal OF
the primary department with Mary
Evans, Clara Wynne and Mary Simp.
son as assistant teachers.
Mr.. stephens taught for some time In
Florida and only recently completed his
studies at Peabody college, Nashville,
where he received his degree.
Bolton has more than $50 pupils en-
rolled for this year. y
h college has been taken over by
the county and will operate as a high
and elementary school.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

The umpires In the Omaha Wichita
series discovered that Pitcher kopp,
of Omaha, vas using emery. 80 the
report goes, and they put the lid on
Kopp, %whereupon Manager Bill jackson
declared he would take the issue over
their heads TO the national commission
or the Big Three Of the peace confer
ence at Parts &c necessary. y
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

mobilization furnished a task almost as
great n ~exacting as the war itself.
In July, the latest month for which
figures are available, 949,66O soldiers
were moved on the railroads within
the United States, including men re-
turning from overseas, men discharged
and men moving between camps.
Eleven hundred and seventy three
troop trains were operated, carrying
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

nary service, thus enabling the rail-
roads to provide more adequacy for
the comfort and conveniences OF the
heavy passenger traffic that promises
to continue throughout the fall and
winter.
According to a statement given out at
the office of B. l.. Winchell, regional
director Of the Southern region, the
nome coming Of the army and de-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

an average of 421 men each and travel
ing an average distance OF 60S miles.
The heavy traffic Of the past few
war had almost reached the ideal ~
modern all-steel cars, to put into gen
eral service old and worn equipment
usually used only to meet the demands
OF excursions and other special occa-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
STRAIN OF TROOP
TRAVEL NEAR over
Railroads We're Taxed to
Limit With This and
Summer Tourists.

The tremendous strain that has been
put upon the passenger equipment OF
the American railroads during the
movement Of the homecoming troops
which was at its height just at the
time the summer tourist business was
heaviest, promises to tighten now that
rehabilitation will practically be com
plete within a few weeks. The hun
dreds of coaches and sleepers that
have been employed in the movement
OF troops soon will be freed for ordi-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

Ims popular floor covering needs n o introduction to hundreds of MennEis homes
it has been thoroughly tried and tested. DO NOT COMPARE "NEPON,
SET" with cork hnoeum or similar floor coverings for "Neponset" ig The oioina1
felt base floor covering, and is the longest wearing covering produced.
NEPoNSET is made of rag felt with hnseed oil as a binder This 10 the watar
PROCEED, both sides, and then the pattern printed on, and a second binding coat over
this, making the goods impervious to water or dampness.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

can be controlled more quickly with
GROVES BABY BOWEL MEDICINE,
effective for adults as for children,
Price SOc, adv,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

school. Prof. ]. r. Gloster, the as
sistant principal, will remain also.
-
Elaborate preparation is being made
for the approaching visit OF Col,
Charles Young, who will come to Mem
phis Sept. %, under the auspices of u
committee headed by DR.. w. It. Yer
non, OF Avery chapel, Col. Young Is
the only living negro graduate OF West
Point Military academy and his visit
to the city will be a matter of unusual
interest to the negroes Of the city.
Bishop N, C. Cleaves spent Sunday
In the city to the delight of the local
churches of his connection.
Or, J, Q. Johnson, of st. Andrews
A. M. u, church, is doing a splendid
work and is held In the highest esteem
by his congregation,
- a.
Young Allen Faqua is the youngest
delegate from Memphis to the Newark
convention, He worked and saved his
money and Is paying his own expenses
He Is the son Of Rev, A. Fuqua.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
Mems Fall Fashions

We have many new, striking models
for the young man in pretty new Fall
shades. Moderately priced. j, II. Mo-
riarty a Son. Tailors. 81 s. Main st.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
See NepOnset Spread On the
Sidewalks

The genuine test of durability for a floor
covering. Thousands Of people will pass over
these goods during the week.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

needs no lacking.
We will send and measure for
you. However, if possible, we sug-
gest that you bring in the measure
ments.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

Although we have made special
arrangements for the handling of
these goods we are SURE to be behind
with orders in just a few days. We
suggest placing your order early.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

fist church at Brownsville, Tenn, was
y tho city late last week to assist IN
the funeral services of the late Alice
Morris, mother-in-law OF Prof. ]. r,
Gloster, "
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

A special concession from the man.
ufacturers makes possible this SEN
satiOnal price, and this popular
floor covering sells universally at
$1.25 per square yard. While one
carload lasts we are selling it, per
square yard, sc.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

Baptiging occurred at the First Bap-
tlst church, st, Paul avenue, Sunday
morning after the sermon.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

The Rev, s. ID. Middleton, OF Milan,
Tenn has accepted a call to the Bap-
list church at Meadville, Pa, and is on
his way to his new field.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

Services at all of the Baptist churches
were full of interest Sunday. az the
pastors were getting ready to leave for
Newark, n. j., Monday to attend the
National Baptist convention, which
meets Wednesday. Or. sutton II,
GriEgs Is on the program for a speech
on Friday night,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

5manmmnmm Observation-Disclosures
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

school. Prof. j. II. Gloster, the as
sistant principal, will remain also.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

There Is one special need of'the me-
groes OF Memphis at the present time,
and that is a good, safe, sanitary ard
modern high school building. Friends
OF the race are urged TO see to II that
this proposition is not ~sidetracked. In
terest shown In the welfare Of children
makes a favorable impression upon
their parents.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

Activities Among
Memphis Negroes
~ rev. T, o. l. /

Some people here are so expert in
wheeling and turning and so sklllful in
the performance Of a~crobatic move
ments on important questions that |
imagine they would be valuable addi-
tions 10 a circus, John Robinson will
please take notice,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

Secretary William w. W. Conkrell
will have charge OF the office of Howe
during the absence Of principal. r. O..
Fuller Cpckrell viii give any informa-
ton wanted al 10 the r~eopening Of
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

Bishop Thomas DENLY, of the Episco-
pal church, was in the city late last
week to the delight OF his many friends.
He went to Mason, Tenn, In the after
noon.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

Nearly all of the Baptist pastors
will attend the national convention at
Newark, this week,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14

nevo or bevo. or belcho. or some
name like that, and all the afternoon
felt as though I had swallowed
a plug of engine-driver's paraffin-
soaked waste.
Strange! 1t was after Russia went
dry that the revolution came. Now
that America has gone dry there
are a few million people mOnkeying
with the very things which may ex-
pIode and throw the whole OF Amer
lea into bloody anarchy.
1t may be perfectly true that al
cohOl adde's the brain. Indeed,
have known it TO do so IN the case
of other men. But the man who
abruptly and against his will switch
es from whisky TO water is disposed
TO criticism, discomfort, to stand up
for his rights and TO reveal a sour
face when the other fellow presumes
70 have rights which clash.
America is having Industrial
troubles, just like Europe, but more
acute. with more bitterness and, so
far as 1 sometimes think, with more
danger.
No Longer Lana OF fNeIuGc.
America is no longer the land Of
refuge for the oppressed European.
The damned alien" is at the bottom
of all the unrest. He is not going to
have free entry into the land of the
free any more. and it would be a
good thing if several millions of his
kind were transported from here
back to their wretched dunghils in
diseased and decrepit Europe.
But the rich are exploiting the
workers and making living hard.
Combinations of evil men force up
the cost OF food so that millions of
American families are under nour-
ished 1t is all very well to talk
about the freedom of the individual.
but the big manufacturing trusts
talk like that to smash trade unions
and 70 prevent collective bargaining.
Demonstrations Of the discontinued
who want a social revolution are
smashed up by the police.
SO the confused roundabout of
TRADE and wrath and resentment
goes on. There is class conflict in
the United states, but above all the
uproar is the persistent national cry,
I'VE are the greatest and biggest
people on earth"
Upon my word I find myself rub
bling my eyes and asking do 1 dream,
or are visions about? And the con
clusion 1 come 70. during quiet
cOgitatioh over my life, is that Bri-
tain never was so rotten and despic-
able industrially as liverish English
men declare. and the United States
was never the Joyous rose bower OF
fond brotherly love associations as
the Americans have been in the ha-
bit OF averring.
Chicago Finest City.
nv morning and evening papers
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14
Sir John Foster" F7uSerS
Vices ON america Since
Prohibition is in Force

BY SIR FOSTER FRASER,
who was knighted recently for his
journalistic services rendered to the
British empire during the war.
LONDON. Dec. 13.-When 1 told
the American people that by becom-
ing teetotallers by act Of congress
they would degenerate into a duh
crowd I knew I ran danger Of be-
ing lynched. So far. however. all is
Well
The glitter. however, has disapt
peared from table conversation. Al
glass Of wine was sort OF sparkling
plug TO set the car Of talk a-going.
Now I've noticed people do not ami
ably exchange their views; they
argue.
The forthcoming presidential
election is going 10 be the widest
Purifying hullabalOo that has ever
disrupted these great United States
because political tomahawkists will
not be able 20 hold up by repeating
what the governor OF North Caro-
lima said to the governor of South
Carolina Any we'll educated Amer
lean will tell you what the governor
of North Carolina said during that
strained and memorable controversy.
A Moderpized Cabaret.
The other night a gay New Yorker
took me to a 'modernized cabaret.
was never enthusiastic about New
York cabarets where you sat and
ate indifferent food at high prices,
slipped champagne at s12.O0 the bot
tie. whilst puffy-neshed damsels
sang and danced and goo-gOo-eyed
the sybarites AS a blase middle
aged man who IN his time has known
Paris Vienna and Bucharest the
American cabaret was punk-which
Is Yankee slang.
But now the cabaret IS without
wine. II has become Dallid, an
ssmic, q show which has not illu-
sions. for II cannot he regarded
through "ths wine when ii IS red. "
There never was but one man. Ber-
uard Shaw, who could be nippant
en- soda water.
And these poor Yanks. attending
thu gilded gaudy cabaret ate grill
ed chicken and gulped soft drinks
snd looked as though America had
really lost the war instead OF win
ming IT, But I'm fairness I ought 20
ssy I aid hear one man laugh. a
short. sharp, staccato ha-ha laugh.
OF the Substitutes.
half the boardings are covered
with 1aring advertisements Of liquor
substitutes, and the other half yell
the merits OF rival chewing gums.
OH. those substitutes-I've tried
them. The niger said: They look
like beer, they smell like beer. they
taste like beer. but they amt got
no authority"
Recently I tried a. luncheon a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14

cause Of all the sin-says ''the whole
fibre Of crime is interviewer with our
political life. 1t is a serious charge.
but criminals are working hand in
hand with officials that are paid and
trusted to protect the public" The
mayor OF Chicago is William Hale
Thompson, who was sympathetic to-
ward the Germans during the war
and insulted JOffre when he visited
America. In the present tour OF the
United States by the king and queen
Of the Belgians-greeted character
istically by the war-hearted Ameri-
cans, who always love a hero-Chi-
cago was deliberately excluded from
the itinerary.
To be frank, as we'll as honest, the
things have been writing about are
below the surface OF American life
On the surface is genial optimism
and a bOyish candour which is deli
ciously refreshing to a rniddle-aged
fOgey like myself who has spent most
Of his life amidst European cynic-
ism.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14

here give me a glut OF villainy. muir
ders. holdups. robberies of banks,
motor bandits, TO say nothing of race
rioting and the head smashing re-
wells consequent upon proletariat as
piratiOns. that make me sometimes
wonder whether 1 have trayed into
a land of barbarism camouhaged by
sentimental goody-goodyness
Take Chicago. / think Chicago
the finest city in the United States.
It strikes me as embodying better
than any other city the spirit Of the
real America.
There is plenty OF grubby money
making and many foul areas. There
is, however, a fire spirit amongst
the people TO make Chicago the city
beautiful, and they are going to sue
coed. There Is a genuine love of
art and music. In the appreciation
that counts ChiCag) is ahead of New
York
But I gather rom my newspaper
that Chicago is a sink of crime IL
has the unparalleled record of hav-
ing had one murder a day during
the past twelve months. 1 read that
the cells in murders row. in the
Cook County GaOl are always oc-
cupied.
More than forty unsolved murders
have been on the police bIotter since
Jan. 1. Twenty-four women have
been tried for murder in Chicago
and only two of them convicted.
Only Below the Surface.
The charge that Chicago is the
toughest city in the world has gone
unchallenged.
Mr.. Henry Barrett Chamberlain,
chairman of the Chicago crime COM
Observation-Disclosures to unearth the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14

kin never come agin; heartaches
that belong Z tn past; bitter dis
appointments OF other days an
treasured sorrows o. misty yister-
days-all cruel memories that be-
fog tn glorious present an rob life
O. its sweetness, an produce tn
warped an raisin faced people who
never fergit" Kin it be that tn
venerable an handsome Wiley Tan
ger has discovered tn fountain o.
youth in tn art O. forgettin'? Has
this aged Apollo learned tn secret
o. eternal youth? Handsome an
rakish at eighty-nine. he is a Twin
example O. what he breaches. Few
men have as fully explored tn dark
recesses o. tn mill o. life an lived {
emerge. Surely none have come
through with strength an vigor
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14

put il down that ne or she has Gull
tivated tn faculty O. fergittin'-
that he or she harbOrs no hatreds,
or resentments. or unhappy mem
cries. Although they may have
been pursued by all tn troubles an
miseFies known to tn wrinkle pro-
ducin' industry, they retain tn ra-
dance an freshness of first voter
by simply fergittin' 'em. TIL thin
nose. tn drawn mouth. tn mack
erel eye, tn papier mache cheek,
tn sallow ear. tn corrugated fore
head, tn knit brow. tn withered
chin, tn prominent Adams apple.
an tn scrawney neck. are all pro-
duced by bygones-sour drops o
tn past that linger in tn soul an
are served fresh ever day by an
Overworked memory-sorrows that
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14

WILEY T1NGER ON OLD AGE
Wiley Tanger is in town Z attend
tn Flrernen's Ball. Wiley is well
int his eighty-ninth year an save
fer a tinge o. gray about tn tenn
pies. he retains tn bug finish o.
buoyant youth. How do you ac-
count fer your youthful flush an
absence o wrinkles" we asked tn
pink an fiawless octogenarian.
Wei. sir. I've made a speciality o.
fergettin' all tn unpleasant things
that have come up in my life" said
he. with tn expression o. one who
has jest found a paper dollar in an
ole vest. Then he went on: when
YOU see a man, or woman, who has
reached tn high noon mark o. life's
dial. an whose bloom dehes tn
touch Of a wet sponge, you kin Jest
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14

enough Z attend a Firemen's Ball.
Wiley Tanger wuz reared in OBJ
security. shot at Appomattox, jilte6
on his return from tn war: later
married Z an intellectual woman
has his life barred in tn divorce
court; dOuble-crossed fer a pust-
office by President Cleveland; hit by
a Ford at eighty-four an disap-
pointed in Bryan at eighty-seven,
yit he bears no marks O. earthly
woes, or tn blightin' frost o. time.
Full faced, rudy an erect ne is {
all appearances as good as new
With a merry twinkle in clear blue
eyes he kin ketch tn rustic Of a
skirt as readily as a Lad OF seven
teen. Wiley Tanger pays as he
goes an fergits II.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14
DON'T BE A "MISERY-FACTORY
Step Headaches, Bilious Spells, Colds and Constipa-
ton with "CaScaretS"-Ideal PhySicl

CaScarets work while YOU sleep;
they cleanse the stomach, remove
the sour undigested fermenting
food and foul gases; trtSe the excess
bile form me liver and carry out
OF the system all the coustipated
waste matter and poison i'm the bow
els which is now keeping YOU in con-
slant misery. Cascarets never
grippe. sicken or cause Inconvenience
and Cascarets cost so little too.
Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14

You men and women who can't
set feeling risht-who have head
ache, coated tongue. bad taste and
foul breath. dizziness. cant sleep,
are bilious. nervous and upset. both
cred with a sick gassy. disordercd
stomach and colds
Are you Keeping your liver and
bowels clean with Cascarets, or
merely shocking your iusides every
few days with Calomel salts. Oh or
Violent Pills7
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14

The world pays homage to Gen
eral Joffre.
We revere him as a sturdy pa
triot-a gallant soldier-a courtly
gentleman.
His wonderful achievements at
the Marine will forever occupy an
important page in the worlds his
tory.
He won by conserving the
strength of his legions-by saving
his power for the crucial moment
and the whole world applauds
the result of his military thrift.
Your resources power
come from that portion of your
earnings which you save.
If you would win in the battle
Of life, be thrifty.
A savings account in this strong
bank, at 40 interest would be a
start in the right direction.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14

AT first, a mans firtations make
a woman weep. then they make her
wonder, then they make her weary
but her love is never quite dead,
until they make her laugh.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14

The Russian soviet leader who
was shot for pocketing funds raised
to buy the favor of Entente imper-
ialistic statesmen" evidently had less
confidence in their purchasibility
than in his own.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-14

Beans Take Place Of Rice at
Wedding" If a substitute is sought,
why not potatoes?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-28
School Farms For Giles
pittsburgh Gozttle-Times.l ]

The State Educational Congress
having given at least passive ap-
prevail to the suggestion that cities
should provide practical courses In
agriculture for public school pupils,
we may expect an aggressive CAM
paign for the extension Of popular
education in this direction. There
is need for more general instruction
in agriculture, mankind's basic In
dustry. If the ranks of farmers are
to be recruited it is imperative that
q great many in the cities be en-
couraged to "go back to the soil.
The surest way to get results in this
direction is to train the rising gener-
ations for agriculture. Already a
great many, If not all, of the city
school pupils are getting vocational
training in some degree. Why should
not agriculture be included in the
list of industries to which they may
be introduced in the public schools?
If n large farm near the city had to
be added to the school plant, farm
should be bought. How to get the
children to and from the farm would
present no difficult problem. Every
city could afford to spend literally
to develop inclinations for farming.
for the benefits to be derived from
increasing the number of profess
sional farmers, or Of slowing up the
decline of their numbers. would re-
pay every outlay. This subject
should be taken up seriously and
plans for utilizing 1t worked out.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-28
Amt 1t Splendid

Amt it splendid to be livin' long
about this time o. year,
Just around before Thanksgivin',
with the mornings crisp and
clear;
With the children's cheeks a-giow-
in. with the future lookin'
bright,
And the shops and mills a-goin' like
red blazes. day and night?
Amt it bracin', amt it cheerin'.
when the colts kick up their
heels,
To approach the corn crib, hearin'
turkeys goblin for their
meals?
Don't it make a fellow kinda salts
fed with life and glad,
When it's got so hard to find a thing
that's goin' to the bad?
Amt it fine to feel the nippin' of the
brisk breeze at your nose
When the old dead leaves go zippin'
down the lanes, in scraggly
rows,
When you've hay to feed the cattle,
when you love your fellow
men,
And you've money you can rattle in
your trousers, now and then?
Amt it fine to wake from dreamin'
of the home your boyhood
knew
And to find the glad sun beamin'
just the way 1t used to do,
Long ago, about Thanksgivin', when
you'd energy to spare,
When your pa and ma were llvin',
and the days were always
fair?
s. E. KISER.