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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
VARIETY OF GOOD BOOKS
OFFERED TO SOLDIERS

There are books at GOODWIN Insti-
tute library that will help returned SOL
diers get a job, or brush up on the
one that's waiting for them. There are
books on every trade and profession
at which men have worked. Here are
men are needed, and on which Good
wyn Institute library has books: Ac-
counting. advertising, automobile work,
banking, building, business, drafting,
engineering, farming, journalism, ma
chine shop work, plumbing, railroadlng,
seamanship, shipbuilding, surveying,
tailoring, teaching, telegraphy, tele-
phony and toolmaking.
II one Is headed toward a profession,
college training will be almost an es-
sential. In this case, suggestions are
offered on training for the law, the
ministry. teaching, medicine, scientific
work, engineering, agriculture, journal
ism and other fields, and the openings
IN them, in Brewster's Vocational
Guidance for the Professions"
Some interesting books on special
professions are Addresses to Engineer.
Ing Students;" Aliens Law as a Vo-
cation" Brandeis' Opportunity in the
Law in his "Business--a Profession
Wsaver's Medicine as q Profession"
Davis Field Of Social Service"
II n wishes TO be q business man
ne VIII " 10 consult business hIn
Payments" by Alien, or Occupations"
by Gown and Wheatley, or Weaver'f
Profitable Vacations for Boys" OF
Puffer's Vocational Guidance"
And II one wants to do a work that
ts vital not only to the United States
but to the whole world looking to u;
for food, don't forget TO look into DR.
Wiley's book. THE Lure Of the Land
and Balley's Principles of Agrtcul.
ture." They will tell you about tbs
laws Of science that make a sVccessfu
farmer.
Practical advice about the choice Of
work and or making good is given II
THE Young Man and His Vocation
by Harris; In Choosing a Vocation
by Parsons; in ''Ths JOB, the Mar ant
the Boss" by Blackford; in Making
Good" by Faris.
All these books and many others al
interesting are waiting on the shelves
Of Goodwin Institute library to hell
you answer the question. Where ID
We Go From Here?" Goodwin Insti
tute library is open every day from
Q. m. to $50 p. m, and its use lie FREE
to ell.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
SAYS PASSENGER TRAVEL
NOW BREAKING RECORDS

The passenger business of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad oNt OF its Mem
phis office has shown an increase each
week Of this year over the correspond
Ing week for 1918, according TO H. d.
Wilson, general passenger agent, An
increase Of $4,000 was shown In the
ticket sales at the local passenger Of
fees over the same week for 1918.
This great increase 10 even more re-
nnarkable In view Of the fact that last
year the Missouri Pacific handled thou
sands OF soldiers TO Camp Pike, Ark.
The company Is still moving q large
number OF soldiers, Mr., Wilson says,
but nothing like the number last year.
Passenger traffic Is reported to be
heavy on all roads, and travelling men
say that they never saw so many peo-
Pile travelling, 1t is almost impossible
to get accommodations at a first-olass
hotel In any city without making reser-
vatlons long In advance.
Mr., Wilson credits a large part OF the
local increase In the Missouri pacifie's
passenger business to the wonderful de-
velopment In Eastern Arkansas, II Ia
nothing unusual for the local office 10
sell 100 tickets TO Earle. Ark, In a
day, he says, and traffic TO all points
on the Memphis Marianne cut-off is
very heavy.
son says. $4,000 acres OF new land has
been opened for cultivation along this
line,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
CZECHO-SLOVAK|A
WANTS j. s. COTTON

More than casual interest will be
excited In Memphis by the visit OF
Charles Pergler, commissioner Of the
Csccho- Slovak republic to Washington,
on May s and 9, when he will address
the Chamber Of Commerce and the
tsrest should lie, according to Charles
Heating, personal aide to Mr.. Perglsr,
who was In Memphis Saturday, in the
fact that Mr.. Pergler Is touring Amer
lea to promote direct trade relations
between his country and the United
states, and a very important part Of
must of necessity involve cotton.
Bohemia, the chief state Of Czecho-
Slozakia, must import a great deal Of
cotton, because the textile industry ia
her chief industry, The cotton facto-
ries Of Prague annually consume some
$4,000 bales Of cotton, which Y, how,
number of bales used yearly In DO
hernia. Also, the territory now COM
prising the CEecho- Slovak republic In
eluded, before the d~istintegration OF
the Austro- Hungarian empire, more
than so per cent OF the cotton manu-
Under the old order Of things the
cotton used In the Bohemian mills was
imported through Great Britain and
Germany, and export reports OF the
United states lever credited Bohemia
with the really large amount Of cotton
she was buying, Mr.. Heating said. DO
Ssmia nov nov proposes PCS to buy her cotton
There is a very good reason for our
desire to have the broadcast possible
direct trade relations with the United
States" Mr.. Heating explained, '"The
life of our republic depends In large
measure upo the good will Of the
American people and we know Of nc
other way Of getting that good viii
than trading with you and showing
you that we are a solid, productive peo'
pie. The United States loaned Cgecho.
Slovakia $50, 000, 900 at the inception o.
the republic with which to purchsst
necessary materials in America. Some
s22. 600; 900 of this sum has already beer
expended on importations from TIL,
United States. A bond issue of 500,
900, 600 was recently floated in Prague
and greatly oversubscribed, to be ex
pended In promoting trade relations
between this country and the new re
public"
to Bohemia before the war was raw
cotton, for while much of 1t was bough
| from Egypt and India, the greater par
came from the United States. Bohemi
alone, not counting the other parts 0
the republic, has over 1000, 900 spindiel
| Germany and SO, 900, 900 in the Unite
States. 1T is certain that the CZecho
Siovak republic will always be q 900
customer OF the Southern planter" Nj
Heating stated.
Mr., Heating was in conference wit
w. H, Hayley, secretary OF the Cham
Der Of Commerce, Saturday mornin
and arranged for the details OF Nj
Pergler's visit. The latter Will cone I
Memphis essentially as n trade repre-
sentative, though he Is the first diplo
matte representative from his countr
to America and holds plenary diplc
matte poWers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
RAILROADS ANTICIPATE
ABNORMAL WHEAT CROP

The railroads anticipate a great short
age In cars next summer and large
shippers over the country are urging
their customers TO stock up heavily now
In order TO avoid delays In delivery
later when the country's immense wheat
crop is thrown upon the railroads TO
handle, according to George Y, Mac.
gregor, assistant general freight agent
for the Frisco, who returned from his
new headquarters at st, Louis satur-
day to spend Easter with his family
here, The Kansas wheat crop is now
estimated at Ito per cent OF normal,
This year the railroads expect the
whole crop TO be offered for trans
portation as soon as II can be threshed,
as, with the price fixed, there will be
no inducement for the farmers to hold
their crop, and there are mRny reasons
why they should cash II at once Mr.,
MacgreSor spent several days last week
In Oklahoma and says business condi.
tons there are most prosperous. AZ
Tulsa, Okla, the Friseo's earnings are
now 81. 900, 600 per month. a{
Mr., Macgregor will leave Monday q
attend q meeting Of all the traffic Of
flciais Of the Frisco to be held in Tulsa
April Fl. He will then go TO New York
City to attend the banquet which the
staff OF the United States fuel admin,
~istration staff, director OF the bureau OF
investigation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19

No one likes to be called to account for his wronydoines
and no tribunal before which he is brought will ever be popular
and pleasing TO him, The courts martial, or military courts,
before which our enlisted men have been called from time TO
time, are receiving an amount of criticism Just now that is sur
prising, and especially because much of The criticism comes
from soldiers, and many who have been members OF these
courts, Numerous and various are the charges brought against
the courtsnartal. They deal with offenders in a summary man
ner, This is a virtue, and in keeping with the modern demand
for speed and action, Why dawdle and drag out a proceeding
that may be disposed Of at once? Another complaint is that
the military courts do not follow the lines laid down in our
criminal courts. For this there should be general rejoicing
War is war, and there is no time for anything that is calculated
to initiate against the efficiency Of the fighting forces. Disci-
plne is a first and a paramount requisite. Not only in armies, but
in all things discipline is indispensable, The human emotions,
when undisciplined and held in check, run riot and become a
mob, and armies do the same thing,
Commanding officers must have power and authority to
punish breaches OF discipline, and even graver offenses, up to
and including treason. Unless they have these they will be
scotfed at, and confusion will result. The more certain and
speedy the punishment, the greater will be the restraining
influence OF the law.
Some misfits may get on these courts at times, but in Snjte
OF all the elanor very few miscarrages of Justice have been
recorded, and these errors have been corrected on appeal higher
up, The nine~and-ninety guilty men have escaped right along
70 the one innocent man that has suffered uniustlv. Young
americans are proud, and do not like to he bossed around
Unless there is a means at hand of compelling them 10 ohev
with alacrity all discipline will vanish and disorder ers,e
Young men who have been accustomed to having their ovr a.
find it difficult to yield obedience to superior officers, and com.
plain bitterly when they are punished for their delinquency
This spells nothing, Discipline must be maintained at all hax.
ards Cest la guerre,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
BIG ATTENDANCE
At RABBIT SHOW
Visitors From Tri- States and
City People Throng Eek
hibition Rooms.

More than a hundred visitors from
the surrounding territory and a much
larger number Of city breeders thronged
the storerooms al 2Sl and 2sS South
Main street Saturday, inspecting the
beautiful animals on exhibit In the an
nual show of the Tri- Rabbit and
Pigeon association.
The doors were opened at 10 o'clock
with the Nexhibits all In place. More
than 700 entries were recorded. High
bred rabbits were slightly In the ma
jority. Ample evidence that the rats
Ing OF these animals is greatly on the
increase in the Memphis territory was
offered
DR., V. r. Lloyd. director Of the farm
bureau of the Chamber OF Commerce,
will deliver an address Saturday night
on the future Of. rabbit and pigeon
breeding. Joseph Mette, expert OF the
farm bureau, Is acting as superintend-
ent OF the exhibit.
], III, Piegge, Of 81. Louis, official
registrar Of the National Rabbit and
Pigeon association, will arrive Saturday
night and Sunday will award the rib
bons and medals, Announcement Of the
winners will be made Monday, The ex-
hlbition will continue through Tuesday
niNht
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
FARMERS REDUCE
COTTON ACREAGE
Fine Responses in West Ten
nessee to Plan to Raise
More Food,

Farmers in the counties of West
Tennessee are responding almost
imouSly to the appeal of the cotton
acreage reduction committees, and more
corn and hogs will be grown this year
than ever before.
J. P. Matthews, of Oakland, after a
two weeks trip through the western
end Of the state, Mr., Matthews is aid
Ing the local committees and the bu-
reau of farm development In their work
in this end OF the state.
II Visited nearly every county In
this district" said Mr., Matthews Sat
urday, EXCEPT those along the line Of
many good hogs in my life In this
end OF the state, Farmers in many
counties still have corn to sell also. !
vas told that more than 100 carloads
Of corr have been shipped from Lex
ington during the past two months.
."on a dozen sidlngs I saw carloads
AZ hogs awaiting shipment, and they
were fine, pure bred hogs as a rule.
'Nn conversation with the county
agents, the chairmen Of the cotton re-
duction committee and with farmers in
every town I visited, ] found that the
determination to cut the cotton acre.
z Is general, We asked the farmers
for a pretty stiff reduction, in my
pl'illiVh' W. VIC diC BOltlS u dCVDt1l'
plish much more than we had hoped
The farmers in this section will grow
more corn than they ever had before
They will put in SOY beans and otheI
ieguminous crops and will SOW man!
fields for pasture for their hogs ant
cattle,
IN most Of the counties, when
asked the bankers would financ,
other crops than cotton, | was toll
that the farmers have good sized banl
accounts and are amply able to financ
themselves, Over In McNairy county
which used TO be considered one OF tn
poorest In this section. ] heard tn
same reports.
II heard Of one negro farmer owe
there who was buying up his neighbors
hogs At 10 cents q pound and maxim
up shipments for himself which h
could sell for probably 10 cents.
q" found the same conditions 1
practically every county In this dis
trtct and am sure that the cotton Gro
will be reduced generally In West Ten
nessee At least by 20 to Is per cent.
Mr.. Matthews will 60 over the iii
nois Central lines next week and wi
then make another trip. accompanie
by agents Of the extension department
OF the University Of Tennessee, VIII
will give expert advice to the farmer
in every county as TO their crops.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
Legislature
Passed FeW Bills
OF Unusual Import

The legislature which has Just i'd
journed passed few bills of great I'm
p~ortanee TO the people Of the state.
most of the session being taken up
with consideration 81 local bills OF
various kinds, In spite Of Gov; Roberts
insieteroe upon O buSineSs-ltke and
economical session,
The governors administration bills,
INCLUDING the new assessment and X
alton measures, were passed and II they
work out as It Is hoped by Gov, Roberts
and those with whom he conferred, they
viii, eventually, Il 10 claimed, tend to
the first immediate effect will be a
sreatly increased assessment Of prop
erty,
Much time was given to the discus
sion Of the proposed good roads meas
ures, hut the bill proposing the issue
rot passed, The general highway blu,
somewhat amended, WAS passed, II
provides for a state highway commits
sion, and for a tax on all motor vehicles
which will provide a million dollars
a year, Y 10 estimated, Shelby eoun,
pay about 100000 OF that tax and will
get back for use on the county roads
only about $50, 900,
Probably the most important bill
passed, II II proves to be constitutional,
was that giving women the right to
vote for presidential electors and In
municipal elections,
The local delegation, owing 10 the
division among Its members, offered
no bills Vt S~tata-wide interest and many
OF tho local bills were not acted upon
The annexation bill, as amended. was
raised during the closing days Of thu
session. II will add probably from Is.
900 TO 10000 population to the citS
and will include the present corpora.
tlon OF Binghamton, with probably 2,0Ot
population,
Only q few OF the members OF tn,
local delegation have returned home
Ernest Bell, Chas, McCalman, Joht
Morgan and Joseph Hanover and JOIN
: Galella r al home and the othe'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Myrtle I, Mather to Edgar +. Quick,
Annie Ola Seward to James Pardue,
Mary Ethel Broome to Ben S. Bohan-
non, Willie NJ, Townsend to Earle B.
Harriss, Mary Elizabeth Smith to j. l.
Richards, Bonnie Wade to Justus Z.
Kirby, Melvin Crawford TO Walter
Chambers, Willie Day MetKheiser to
9. II. Galner, Mrs. Minnie Murreli to
F. s. Sullivan. lnez Boydston 10 Henry
s, Jones, Flossle Drummons to p. II.
BAXTER, Mary Elizabeth Cox to Andrew
H. Fitzwater.
Lizzie Hays to William Taylor. Mat
tie stone to James Williams, Rachel
Baker to William Bates, Zellenor Car
away to Burrsll Cook. Virginia Mar
bles to Ezekiel Drivers, Evelyn Taylor
to William Eugene Cloud, Susie Moore
to Sam Clark, Yina Porter to Leonard
Wadsworth. Daisy Ross to Stonewall
Holmes. Barbara Maze to Charley
oates, Eula Small to l. P. Qualls, Min
ME M. Green to Ionic johnson, Pear
Hastings to Will Shade.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
Tank Will Be Ready for
Bond Fight It's a Boy

Tank troubles connected with the
Victory loan campaign promise to be
over by Monday morning. Due TO cir
e~unsstances over which none locally had
control, namely the pilfering Of the
lonesome girl tank, II will be a full
blooded fighting male monster that will
blaze the way down Main street to
the beautiful women's inaugural bond
sales, 1t will be a treat trough gent
that will beloh forth fire to add zsst
throughout the week lumber its way
about under tho careful guidance of
Sergts, Frank Robbins and Thomas Cd
walt, veteran tank corps men
II Ia taking the combined work of
four mechanics go continuous hours Of
work to put MIR, Tank in condition and
II is promised that h0'll be ready Mon
day morning bright and early,
On it's prow--or whatever the front
Of II Ia called-wn be d name; that
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
QUINN WOULD DISRUPT
THE COUNTY COURT
receiving unmistakable evidence

After receiving unmistakable evidence
that it does not control the count =
court, the city administration is I
ing TO find some means Of THROWN
wrench In the machinery Of the &C Vt
ments. The latest effort is being male
by G, B. Quinn, Republican member of
the city commission, who has solicited
several members of the court to pass
a resolution at the meeting Monday au-
gineer to check up and investigate the
work done by the county commission,
The county roads suffered seriously
from recent heavy rains, and consid-
cradle work will be required to get
them in good shape. If an engineer
can be employed to harass the work #
the commission, the city commission
feels that it will have an opportunity
to place an entering wedge In the court
and ultimately control 1t.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
STANDARD SUSPECT IS
HELD AT MARKS, MISS.

A negro arrested at Marks, Miss,
late Friday. suspected Of being Ebert
Standard, murderer Of Patrolman Andy
White, Of the Memphis police depart
ment, was being held there Saturday,
waiting q possible Identification. Pa
trolman John T. Hall, Of the traffic
squad, accompanied by q negro who
knows Ebert Standard, was dispatched
to Marks, Saturday, by Joe Burney'
chief OF police,
According to a telephone message re-
ceiYed from The sheriff at Marks late
Friday, the negro suspect answers the
description Of Standard and IL marked
with a scar on his nose. However ne
was unarmed when a~pprehended and
failed to put up q fight when the otfi-
GERS approached him, the local police
Saturday morning had doubts as 70 the
negro being Standard. To a man Mem
pills policemen have predicted mar
Standard will be found well supplied
with arms and viii only submit TO ar
rest after q battle,
The Quitman county sheriff said the
negro arrested at Marks had been hang
Ing around the edge OF that town for
two days, and was suspected OF having
robbed some homes. Standard Is known
10 have numerous relatives and triends
In that section Of Mississippi.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19

name to be chosen In time for the
opening from the huge number Of sug-
gestions received by the News Scimi-
tar.
We are sorry, In a way, that the
planned, as hundreds Of persons In
Memphis and surrounding territory
have submitted names many of them
excellent suggestions--enough to name
a fleet Of tanks. The tank officers sug-
the government for the naming Of tanks
TO be used in the future In training
tank corps of the United States army.
This win be done and the work Of
thinking up girls names viii, there
fore, not be entirely In vain. Mean
while, up to Saturday night names for
the boy tank viii be received by the
Tank editor, care News Scimitar. The
German helmet to be given as a prize
will be awarded Monday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
GR0CERS
GO COVER" FIRST

In proof that thar Organization was
the first to pledge Its quota in the
Victory loan, wholesale grocers through
their committee composed OF II. A.
Ramsay, W. c. Early and W. W. NAL
Tory, submitted the list Of subscribers
to Joe r, Hyde, sales manager, as fol-
lows:
Shanks- Phillips & Co., $4,000; Ma
lone a Hyde, S2b, 900; w. c. Early n
Co, $25. 900; w. B, Mallory & Sons Co.,
SIS, 900; Currie- McCraw Co, $25, 900;
White Wilson Drew Co., $2b, 900; STRAIT
ton Grocery Co, s25, 900; Oliver Finnie
Co, $25, OO0i Stewart wynne Co, $25,-
900; ], T, Fargason Co. S25, 600; Fly g.
Hobson Co, $25, 900; Cole Mcintyre
Norfleet Co, $4,000; j. c. Felsenthal
Co. 10000; Wagner Grocery Co, IS, 900;
Hart Sharpe Groc, Co, $500; Holman
& Lamb Co, 1000; Graham Gro. Co,
$500; r. e. Person, 5000; total, $308, 200.
The wholesalers quota was $500, 900.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
Soldiers Enjoy Vacations;
Will Be After Jobs Soon

be relaxed in effort to relieve the sit
uation.
Announcement was received Satur-
day Of the organization Of employment
bureaus aboard all transports and
among the units of the American eX-
peditionary forces abroad. Cards will
be filled out which will be sent to local
bureaus which, ii is believed, will
greatly facilitate the huge problem OF
gaining employment opportunities for
NIL, Commanding officers are acting
as agents for the labor department.
Cards Of the l20th infantry, which
includes many Tennesseans, have al
ready been filled out, and as many
M~efnphians are In this unit the overseas
employment feature Is expected to help
the local bureau In no small degree.
BY the time these boys arrive home
jobs may be already waiting for them.
However, II is just as important as
It aver was-perhaps more so--for EN- =
ployers to fill IN blanks as below and
mall them to the United States EN-
ployment Service, 20S East Court ave-
nue..
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19

Increased number Of opportunities at
fcfded returned soldiers has caused the
United States employment service to
make u better record In furnishing them
employment. Exact figures for the
past week are not at hand, but 1t is
safe to say that the local bureau has
kept up with. the rest Of the state,
which reported 80 per cent of men APP
plying for Jobs had been take care
Of during the previous week,
Thousands Of soldiers have been dis
missed in Tennessee during the past
week and several hundred Of them
found their way to Memphis and sur
rounding territory. The expected IN
Ilux Of applications az the local bu-
reau, 1903 South Court avenue, has not
been so large as expected, but after
the soldier applicants have had a vaea-
tipn for a week or SO their number Is
expected to be greatly increased with
the coming week, so that the activity
on the part of the employers should not
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19
BIG DELEGATION FOR
VALLEY ASSOCIATION

Members of the foreign trades and
a large delegation from the Chamber
Of Commerce to the convention OF the
Mississippi Valley association, which
will be held in Chicago April IS. Among.
these will be Hugh Humphreys, a vice
president of the association and chair
man OF zone 2; Joseph Newburger,
chairman OF the foreign trades com.
mittee; Ben Goodman, James q. Stark,
W. H. Russo, c, B. Tindall and George
+. Gunther. The delegation will leave
for Chicago Tuesday at 1910 pm. over
the Illinois Central,