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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11

II Qtu K.NoQNoH:


Our poor, fat friend, Irwin S. Cobb, who is making the lamp and
wick circuit on MIR, MCAdoos more or less railroads, and has penetrated
the heart OF Texas, stopped long enough between lectures the other day
to emit the following;
"Al the hustle and uncertainty of travelling over the country m a
lecture tour makes me wish for the solitude OF the trenches. There
you are pretty sure you will be blown up or at least shot at pretty freely;
but you don't know anything for sure when you are travelling. Even
the attacks on the front are made according to schedule, but somebody
writes a new railroad schedule every day or two.
Il have no sympathy with the Germans when they say they are
hungry. They are not hungry They would realize just how lucky
they are II they were forced to fight their way through sleeping ears
and then eat one Of those foodless meals. Some bug among the rail-
road officials has gotten the idea that fresh air is poisonous and has or
dered that Pulmans be Theoretically closed"
lrv. has Joined the o-Why- dbl Learn-to-Lect club. Stuff life.
PAYING UP.
The dead In Flanders cannot rest nor will the living sleep
Unless in wisdom and In truth. our faith with them we keep:
- Well heap dshonor on the dead; the living we'll betray
II we acquit those German lords or fail to make them pay.
We do not want a barren peace nor one not on the square:
We're willing to be generous and treat all people fair;
We'd like to take a crosscut saw and rip those Huns in two.
So when you fix that little pact, just make 1t good and stout
Just mention all the kindly acts and leave no item out;
Just figure up the total cost produced by German Skill"
Then send the statement DER the Rhine and let EN- pay the bill.
John c. Wright.
What has become Of the old-fashtonei President Whiskcrs Of Mex.
ico, who congratulated the kaiser on his birthday recently?
Joint Disease Fight Planned. Headline.
Anybody suffering from any joint disease Is undoubtedly invited
to participate.
A Western pAner suggests a new motion picture, entitled "How We
Won the Wa. in Eight Creels"
Berlin has 30 cahArets In full swing. jazz music Is ycrv populap
there. The Sufferings Of tho Germans arc greater than we Thought
they were.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11
THE SEASONS

AS the years roll by, the earth, like a capricious maiden,
changes the style OF her seasons-changing them, arbitrarily,
from one time of year to another. This year we had no winter
in December or January, the SHOWS and chilling blasts running
behind time, and not arriving until February, March with us
is usually a clustering month, but its bark is worse
than its bite. Only rarely is it intensely cold. Near
the antipodes in far off Australia, September is the real spring
month, The SHOWS have melted, the ice has disappeared, the
rivulets and runnes, ruued by the springs watery discharge,
have ceased flowing and are being covered up by the grasses and
other vegetation; the flowers bloom, the grasses spring up, the
birds come forth and sing, and the orchestra of the forest is
augmented to its fullest, and the great diapason is rounded out.
With us winter is often slow in arriving, and then sometimes it
fingers in the lap Of spring as though loath to leave. Summer
often withholds her heat until her reign is largely over, sending
forth her extreme torridity in September and e%ncroaching upon
the domain OF autumn sufficiently to constitute grounds for an
action of trespass.
Sometimes the seasons seem to come turned topsy-turvy.
But no matter whether early or late the seasons usually
bring us the full measure and more than the measure of our
deserts. The spring is the sowing season, the summer the grow
ing and maturing season, the autumn the reaping and garnering
season. when we prudently make provision for the winter, when
there is no growing or maturing, and when we must live on the
increase which the labor of spring and summer provides so
generously, @
The older inhabitants are firm in the belief that the winters
are slipping southwark, and while we have some bad weather,
those who have experienced the rigors of a Northern winter
will comfort themselves with the reflection that, in spite OF a
few bad days, this is still the sunny South.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11
FRANCE

France is in favor Of a league of nations or an association
of nations, or any plan which the great powers agree upon to
preserve the peace of the world, but France is d istrustful and
believes in being prepared to defend herself. The Hun is her
next-dOor neighbor and she knows him. She knows his treach-
cry, his Punic faith. his lack of honor and his utter disregard
Tor covenants and treaties.
She is therefore disposed to be ready for an attack at any
time, and Marshal Foch is asking for an American army Of
100000 men to help guard the Rhine, while she will maintain
an army of 10000 to meet aggression. No one can much blame
her. Neither does President Wilson seem to think that a league
OF nations will be alL-suffcient, He favors the building of a
great navy, so that in case the league of nations is found to be
inadequate we will be in position to defend ourselves and protect
our interests, singlc-handed and alone. if need be. Trust in God,
but keep your powder dry" said a wise American general to his
soldiers, and the advice is as good today as it was when first
uttered. Trust in agreements and covenants and the good faith
Of nations, but be ready to return blow for blow with interest.
Germany was whipped, but not into admitting it, and her
people are still OF the opinion that the German sword is ire
sistbe. France has reason to mstrust the Hun, He has caused
her untold suffering and loss. He ravaGed two of her fairest
provinces-Alsace and Lorraine and while he has been made
10 disgorge he is not satisfied.
Being the most exposed, France will feel that she must
maintain her military organization intact, and at its full strength.
Before the war France had a standing army Of 10000 For the
future an army Of 10000 will be none too large, unless the
peace conference compels the Hun to disband his armies and
give up his guns,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11
DR.. WEBER PRAISED
BY NURSE IN VERSE

The following poem was composed by
Miss Burdorf, m of the nurses at the
base hospital, and given as a toast BY
her at the hostess house recently on
the occasion Of the banquet given BY
Or. ]. l.. Weber, camp general secretary
Of the Y. M. C. A. Of Camp jackson, to
the young lady nurses OF the base hos
pital:
Here's to one who Is with US tonight.
One whose love and fellowship beams
with radiance bright;
A love that finds a harbor in every
human soul,
For to make all others happy is his
supremest goal.
with a smile Of Joy and sunshine
He can make your burdens light,
And send you on rejoicing
With a feeling OF pure delight. .
III, when you've met with sorrow.
And all the worlds gone wrong,
You're spent too low for laughter,
Your heart too heavy for song,
You'll listen, my dears, to his kind
words Of cheer,
He can make you forget IL forever,
So dry the tears from your eyes;
Hasten down to the " and confide
In u dear DIR. Weber"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11
THE NEGRO AND COTTON q
} ACREAGE REDUCTION. !

To the Negro Farmer:
Dear Friend-You, perhaps, have
noticed the widespread movement
throughout the state and entire cotton
section to bring about a substantial re-
ductioh In cotton acreage this year, and
substitute on the released lands grain
and other edible crops. a $50
To my mind, M such movement can
have the desired effect without the
hearty sympathetic, intelligent Co
degree, forms the labor basis for cotton
production: We Of the negro race, have
Just closed a campaign along with the
rest Of the country in ,waging a
righteous war in which we did our part
fully and well. wherever called, on land
the fields or In the pocket, and have
and are receiving the merited p~laudits
OF the rest Of our countrymen. No
ooner thar the roar of musketry died
hear this, our beloved Southland, call
for economic preparedness, to prevent
ruthless raids upon our industrial
frontier. As we did our part in war,
SO must we do u part In peace, and
to that end l am addressing % this
farm hand, laborer, tenant or farmer
Of whatsoever tenancy in this section
will enter heartily into the movement
to curtail the acreage hitherto planted
to cotton and cooperate fully with
the organizations or agencies designated
by the authorities for this purpose.
Gov, Bilbo, acting In unison with the
rest OF the governors Of the cotton
states, has named Feb. Is as the date
for holding meetings, conferences and
delivering speeches on the subject, and
II Is very much desired that as many
Of us attend these meetings as pos
sible, SO that we may be in position to
properly cooperate and carry out the
plans that may be agreed on. 1t is our
duty to work as faithfully and cheer
fully for whatever makes for the pros
perity OF the commonwealth as any peo-
pies; our economic interests are insep-
arably interviewer; low prices, prices
below the cost OF production are not
discriminating In their disastrous oper.
atoms, they draw no color. line, but
strike us all alike; an the other hand,
when prosperity Is eXtant, We all share
In its beneficence.
II is planned mainly TO have these
meetings Of the 18th held at the court
house in zach county, but in order. that
we may more nearly reach all OF our
constituency, l am urging that all or
our ministers, and especially pastors, be
present and hear the plans, and then IN
turn spend a part OF the inn on the
following Sabbath explaining the plans
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11
Questions and Answers

Mrs. W. S.-We have no official re.
ports that tho 161st has been ordered
home.
w. H. H.-Eighty- first division was
at Somme Dieue, Is-sur-Tille on Nov.
20. 2) They have not been ordered
home so far as the last report was
known. (3) Has not been announced.
w. F. Dat last reports they were
not attached to a division. Do not
know when they win be home.
C. A. F.-The 29th engineers Is an in
dependent organization and Is not at
tached to a division. .(2) Can give you
no information Of the '446th.
Cadet K.-B is right. The official
record reads, On March rs Jess Will
lard n Frank Moran boxed ten rounds
az Madison Square Garden, N. Y, for
a purse OF $Tl,250. Willard easily won
$780," Wv
NJ. B. O.-The seven wonders Of the
world are the pyramids Of Egypt, the
hanging gardens Of Babylon, the tomb
Of Mausolus (king Of Crete about $50
b. 60 from which we get our word
mausoleum; the temple of Diana at
statue Of Zeus Cupiter) by Phidas;
the pharos Of Egypt, or the palace Of
I cyrus, "cemented with gold" (The
pharos is the mole, nearly a mile long,
with which Alexander had the island
OF Pharos connected with the main
la no q, New YORK M S;sl2'l+s, LONDON
l6lst infantry Is in the 4lst division. We
do not know when they will be home.
L. c, D.-Can not tell when they will
be home.
A. v. S,-See answer to L. C. D..
Mother-Not announced.
Mrs, A. Lit 10 considered very dan.
gerous to apply AM artificial prevent.
i've; see a doctor; one you have faith in
T. 1.-The IL days you ask about in
history are blank. There are no date,
existing between Sept. ) and Sept. IL
1852. Under the old calendar Sept, z
l752, fell on a Wednesday. The mex
day the LGregorian or new style calen.
dar was adopted by Great Britain an
forward to Sept, II. Up to this tint
the Julian calendar had been followed
by the Engllsh-speaking world. As re
formed by julius Caesar in 46 b. c. II
made the year consist Of 365 days AM
6 hours with a day added to Feb,
the six hours. This was the most accu
rate calendar year yet devised, but /
was IL minutes n IA seconds longe,
than the true solar year of 365 days
hours As minutes n 40 seconds
amounting to a day in 12S years. TIL,
Gregorian calendar was adopted II
Catholic countries, including Franc,
Italy, Spain and Portugal, in 1882, an,
within a short time by the Germans
Swiss and Hungarians. but not unit
1852 by England and her great colonia
empire.
r. b. A,-What Is the present cir
culation of United States money?
Ans.-The money in circulation II
this country is 81, $780, 93, sos The high
est point ever reached. These figure
are reported by the treasury department
as Of Jan, /, 1919, 1t is an average o
$55, rs for every man. woman and chill
estimated TO be in, the country on tina
day. The money in circulation ha
increased 81 per head since Jan. /
1918. Since the war began 1t has near
ly doubled.
1nquirer-The treasury department
calls the new issues Of war saving
stamps the Ben Franklin issue'' and /
bears the portrait Of the great Ameri
can preacher OF thrift. They are pay
able Jan. /, 1924,
Anxious-The 315th ammunition trail
Is with the Goth division.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11
PUBLIC DISCUSSION

Of cooperation. and urging support Of
same before their congregations. /
would further suggest following this up
as often as practicable until the plant
ing season Is over.
While the pecuniary benefits to US as
farmers or farm dependents will be
almost ~incalculable, yet the further fact
that the South's main dependence in
cotton production a be depended upon
to do Its part In the scheme she Is now
evolving to prevent an impending crisis
will not count for naught, and in the
after-war problems that are yet to be
adjusted, reconstruction and emigra-
ton problems now In the minds of the
thoughtful, a dependable people, under
any and all conditions, whether in peace
or war, will win their way to just and
proper appreciation among their fell
lows, Yours truly,
CHAS, BANKS,
President Mississippi Negro Business
League.
Note-The above letter addressed to
the negro cotton growers by Charles
Banks Is given publication here at the
authors request and with the convic.
ton that 1t will have effect, as he en-
joys the confidence Of his race unex.
celled by any man.-Editor.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11
A GOOD MEASURE

An administration measure providing for the creation Of the
Tennessee police has been introduced in the legislature for the
purpose of giving the governor some authority to curb acts OF
lawlessness and mob violence.
We do not know that this measure will afford a complete
solution of the problem. but it will be a far step in the right
direction, and any disposition to suppress lawlessness should be
encouraged.
A measure somewhat on this order was passed by the legis-
lature in 1915, but was declared unconstitutional because of an
amendment excluding Shelby county. With that exception nc
law has been passed by the general assembly clothing the gov
ernor with the physical means of discharging the important duty
of enforcng-the law since the adoption Of the constitution in
1870. 1t is a good measure, and should have the support Of
every legislator. FL
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11

FEBRUARY II, 1909.
10 Years Ago Today In Memphis.

wild Bill" Laura was acquitted Of
the murder OF four, negroes in the
Monarch by a jury, which declared him
insane.
President-elec W. H. Taft win be
invited to stop at Memphis on his re-
turn tomorrow from New Orleans to
Memphis.
Statements Of three national banks
in Memphis today show on deposit
IS, 726, 900, an increase Of 1854, 900.
Summer opera, to be continued in
definitely, for Memphis Is announced
by Manager Weis Of the Lyceum.
Madison Heights Methodist church
board votes to spend $25, 900 on addition
to edifice.
Election Of officers Of fire and police
departments postponed from today be-
cause of Mayor Malone's absence,
Plans agreed IN by Jewish ,organiza-
tons in Memphis for a handsome and
permanent clubhouse.
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RUBBING IT IN.
He was their only child.

He was their only child.
To be Nnerciful, let us say he was not
really a pretty child.
Some said he looked like his moSAer.
But mother claimed he was the dead
image OF his father.
One day when the son and heir was q
bit peevish father gave the boy a hand
mirror with which to amuse himself.
Good gracious, Roherti" exclaimed
mamma, much perturbed, do you want
to frighten that child to deathf"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11

IF NOTHING happens.
TO THE railroad train,
ON WHICH lam.
IN JUST an hour.
I'LL BE back home.
WHERE 1 used to live.
FOR YEARS and years.
AND At the depot.
THERELL BE a boy.
AND AN automobile.
WILL BE waiting outside.
A sEGpND-HAND car.
THAT THIS boy bought
WITH MONEY he saved,
AND ON the way hO%$
WE'LL RUN out of gas,
AND WILL stop som" place
AND FILL the tank
AND TIL insist.
ON PAYING the bin.
AND THE BOY will hOllsr.
But IN the end.
IT'LL BE my gas.
AND MAYBE tomorrow.
WE'LL GO for a ride.
AND BEFORE we're through
WILL have discovered.
THAT HE needs new tires
AND I'll think about it.
FOR A day or two
AND THEN IN ask him
HOW MUCH they cost.
AND HE'LL tell me the prao~
AND I'LL make up my mind.
TO BUY him one.
AND I'LL tell him so.
AND HE'LL protest.
AND SAY I can't
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11
FREE TRANSPORTATION

Senator H. NJ. Gambler has filed with the senate a minority
report, in which he contends that it is not within the power of
the legislature to compel the railroads to furnish free transpor-
tation to state officials and others named in a measure intro
duced in the general assembly, by some of those who have been
deprived of the luxury since the railroads went into the hands
of the government. The Encouragement of the state has held
that the legislature may compel the roads to furnish the trans
portation. While there may be some dispute over the consti-
nationality OF the measure, there can be none over the equity.
When the roads return to private control we suspect transporta-
ton for the lawmakers will be reasonably available on the
former basis, but the legislator has no right to require the rail-
roads or any other enterprise to give him something for nothing,
The Tennessee friends of Miss Sue White will not share the
citation she felt in being permitted to be locked up in Washing
ton for staging a public demonstration in front of the White
House, at which a picture of the president was burned. A few
years ago she was a public stenographer, earning as much as a
man doing the same kind Of work, and since taking up the pro-
fession of suffrage she has risen rapidly. 1t is given only to a
select few to be sent to Jail and ultimately to the Occoquan
workhouse in Virginia for suffragihs. .
The people of Petrograd must be in a bad way when a high
American official starves to death in that capital city.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11

roR DISCUSSING The RELATNs
VALUE oe OAK AND MAPLE
CoFFlNS WITH. Some ONE WHO
WAS nv The BUSINESS BEFORE
TAG WAR
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Just a Moment
oAAV srRENoTH AND CHEER.
Complied by John q. Qulnlus. the
Sunshine Man,
Some Ways OF Making the World
Happier,

Happier,
by being a real Christian, A mission
airy in China, after many efforts, in
duced a thoughtful Chinaman to read
the New Testament After he had read
II, the missionary asked him what he
thought Of II. The Chtnaman expressed
high appreciation for the character Of
the book. but he said, You do not be-
Neve It," In answer TO the surprise OF
the missionary, the Chinaman went on
10 explain that the New Testament
taught that those who believe in God
should be free from care and worry,
because they are kept by their God,
who Is a loving Father. The mission
AIRY, AS seen by the Chinaman, was
apparently overwhelmed with anxiety;
his face was careworn, and he did not
appear to he happy,
The rehuke was well received by the
missionary, who had brought to his
attention the great truth that even
with all the burdens of a missionary
In a heather land there is no reason
for the Christian to be overwhelmed
with anxiety. Come unto Me, all We
that labor and are heavy laden, and
will give you rest"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11

And YOUR AFTeRNooNS As
HOSTESS At Some OFe'CGRS
cLV6 HEARING AL ABOUT
Some oNGS GIRL
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11
The Public Be Served

AND WILL insist.
HE CAN buy them himself,
BUT IN the end.
ILL BUY the tire.
AND EVERY year. u
WHEN I come out here.
IT WILL be that way. {
TILL HE'S grown ~.
OR I go broke.
OR MAyBE get visa
BUT I don't care
BECAUSE HE'S named after me.
AND I'm his uncle
AND THE first I saw him .
HE'D Just arrived.
ABOUT TWELVE hours sstur~
AND EVERY day
FOR A dozen years.
I WATCHED him grow.
AND STAYED around
WHILE HE whesdIed ma
OUT OF any old thing.
HAPPENED to hAvA
AND HE could find
AND RIGHT this minueA
CAN fee! It coming. {
DEEP DOWN in my SonsA
THAT BEFORE I leave tUwn.
TN GOING to lose.
A LOT Of thinsA
THAT ! have in my tzuuAG
AND IF I don't
I'LL BE 80 sorA
THAT I'LL never come back.
/NSERT y
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Aint 1t a Grand and Glorious Feehn2By Briggs

AFTER SPENDING YOUR
MORNING SERVING LIVES
OF SOLDIERS At some CAAT6eA
IRYiIo To WORK DP That
"SoHAe 6oDT'S Boz" FEELING
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11

by service. (Gal. vi. I, ., I0) II one
should be overtaken in a fault. do not
harshly condemn him and spread the
news abroad, but in kindness seek to
restore the offender, remembering how
easy It il for you to make a mistake,
We can add so much to the happiness
OF the world by bearing the burdens Of
others and by doing good to them,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11

The people of Petrograd must be in a bad way when a high
American official starves to death in that capital city.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11

BY love. (Read Eph. w., 81, SO; ". l.
~ This world will he much happier
when we put out Of our lives ''all hit
~terness, and wrath. and anger, and
clamor, and railing" and when we be-
come kind one to another, tender
hearted and forgiving, even as God
also In Christ forgave YOU" SO much
of the worlds trouble comes from hate.
The war In Europe reveals to us how
deep race hatred Is among the nations
OF Europe.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11

BY optimism. True optimism is found
ed on wisdom. Congressman Fess says
that YOU can tell an optimist by the
way he asks for the cream at the table.
The pessimist asks, lis there any milk
In that pitcher" The optimist says.
please pass the cream True, he may
not always get cream, but 1t Is worth
while TO have the spirit that expects
cream and that does not complain when
II proves to be milk.-W. W,
Dayton, Ohio.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-09-26
WOMAN ALMOST
GAVE UP HOPE
Mrs.. Buley Had Suffered TWENTY
Years Takes Tanlac and Is
Now WELL.

'When my friends ask me what
caused my wonderful improvement I
just say Tanlac. - said Mrs., Burl
Buley, Of 521 Baxter Court, Canton,
ILL.,, recently.
For the past twenty years. she
continued, 81 suffered from acute in
Digestion, [ had terrible cramping
spells and gas would form so badly that
l could hardly breathe. I was so weak
and run down thatI couldn It attend
to my Homework, My head would ache
like it would burst, I was so nervous
that the least little thing would upset
me and [ could hardly Sleep, Nothing
took did me any good and 1 gave up
all hope Of ever being we'll again,
SO many people were being bene-!
flied by taking Tanlac that my husband
got me bottle to try, and I began to
improve at once, Soon I could eat ANY,
thing l wanted without having any
trouble afterwards and now nv twenty
years OF suffering are completely at an
end, Those awful headaches are gone.
haven t sign Of indigestion, [ sleep
like baby and feel perfectly well in
, every way
All druggists sell Tanlac.