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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15
PERSHING FOR PRESIDENT

In the brief but eyentful history of the United States,
between the time George Washington became president on April
30 1889, and the time Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated for a
second term on March 4, 1917, one hundred and twenty-eight
years in all, there have been but p presidents.
-Four of the number succeeded to the presidency on account
Of the deaths OF the presidents, and were not elected by the
people, and did not serve the full terms. This does not include
Theodore Roosevelt, who, although he became president on Sept.
"A, 1901, as a result Of the death Of President Mckinley, served
a full term from March 4, 1905, to March 8, 1905.
OF the q presidents elected by the people fully onefourth
were the products of wars, including Washington. Jackson, Viii.
liam Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Grant and Roosevelt.
Gen. John ] Pershing, the head of the American expedition
airy force in Europe, has returned within the last week, and has
been accorded a reception unequaled by any demonstration ever
given to a citizen of the United States, There can be no doubt.
that he is the idol of the American people.
1t is assumed that Gen. Pershing is a Republican. He
entered West Point as a youth, and has been nothing but a sol
der to the present time. His fatherin-law is Senator Francis
Emory Warren, of Wyoming. Senator Warren has been promot-
ing a presidential boom for Gen. Pershing for several months
Naturally the Republican leaders, several Of whom would like
to have the nomination and count themselves available, do not
relish the injection of Gen. ~Pershings name as an available
candidate.
1t will be interesting to watch developments. There are
indications already that the tide for Pershing will be so strong
within the next few months that the professional politicians can
not stem it. Fortunately for them it will be considerably longer
before the people begin to think seriously about candidates, and
by that time the tide OF popular acclaim may be on the wane,
Being a hero for the American people is not a lifetime job.
More often it is over in a day.
The presidency is the only honor the American people could
bestow upon Gen. Pershing, His rank and achievement make
him superior to any other office, and history will give him a
place equal to the greatest presidents and superior to most of
them. He is sufficiently familiar with history to know that the
presidency took away rather than added to the glory Of some
Of the greatest soldiers.
Will he be content to rest with the laurels already won?
He would be a pathetic figure with nothing to dc. To all indna-
tons there are many years of usefulness before him, and he has
strength, vigor and intelligence. Other generals have been called
to the presidency. Win the country be less apprecatrve of Gen,
Pershng, who stood at the head Of the greatest army this coun-
try ever assembled, and made victory possible in the greatest
war the world has ever Witnessed
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15
25 YEARS AGO

The old grocery clerk was talking.
" Member way back when I2got my first
job" he said, after I'd swept out the
store and run errands and lone chores
Tor a year or two, that there wasn't
any came goods, any fancy pack
ages, any roasted and ground coffee,
and grocery stores must sell plain gro
ceries."
Sure" said the old travelling man,
and l remember the little blue boxes
that we used to carr our samples of
green coffee in and the first roast
coffee / ever sold was Arbuckle's, in
the fancy red n yellow paper pack
age: And to sell it, l used to ride horse
back all through the hills In the upper
Cumberland country way above Nash
ville.'
yes" said the old grocery clerk,
times change. We read about the
stone age, the iron age, and the golden
age, but people a hundred years from
now will be reading about the tin can
age, II the historians tell the truth,
which l often doubt.
Everyone wants to save time and
trouble 10 and SO they live out of
tin a When l used to sell gro
c%eries, / sold crackers out OF a barrel,
dried corr and coffee out Of sacks, and
there weren't even any canned peaches
ing for fancy cans with pretty labels
on 'em. And women used to come
around every morning with their mar
ket baskets. Now they phone for a
nickel's worth Of pickles, and then
wonder why their groceries cost so
much. Maybe these hew nickel, in the
slot kind Of grocery stores will teach
them old fashioned way again"
And the old grocer went back to sell
q three cent yeast cake.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15
BACKING UP

Two weeks ago the mayor and city commissioners met in
formal session and solemnly ordained that the Cumberland Tele-
phone and Telegraph company should have an increase in rates,
the public welfare requiring it.
Saturday afternoon the mayor and city commissioners met
in formal session and solemnly ordained that the resolution
increasing the rates was repealed, the public welfare requiring it,
The public is entitled to a word Of explanation of this two.
faced attitude of the city government.
The Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph company, when
it decided to ask for an increase in rates, very wisely and with
its usual discrimination chose to apply to the mayor and city
commissioners rather than to go before the state utilities COM
mission. There might be some doubt about the utilities commits
sion, but the city government of Memphis was a sure thing.
After the mayor and city commissioners had authorized the.
increase some 1000 citizens, in the exercise of a right guaranteed
them by the charter and in accordance with a suggestion of
The News Scmitar, filed petitions demanding a referendum
election to determine whether the city administration should
appropriate something more than 100000 annually out Of Their.
pockets for the enrichment Of the telephone company.
The city administration could not deny the application for
a referendum because notice was served upon it that il there
was any attempt to deny the people their rights the courts
would be appealed to for their protection.
Ihereupon thv contest was transferred to Nashville, before
the state utilities commission, where there would be no right of
referendum.
"A rev hours before the mayor and city commissioners aban-
doned the fight, which was the only way of preventing q refer
endutn, the Commercial Appeal printed a story from Nashville
which said that Mayor Monteverde seems much pleased At the
result OF the trip" The caption of the story was "Mavor Wants
Phone Case Left to City" ~
The cause for qualification is that the telephone conDorv s
asking nothing more Of the utilities commission than fine civ
administration had already granted. The utilities commission
effort OF the city administration and the telephone COMPANY bt
the petition for a referendum Knocked the administration into a
concerned. "
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15
TlPPAH TO BE MODEL
RED CROSS COUNTY

Six trained social workers started ont
from Ripley. Miss. Monday to make a
thorough survey Of Tippah county under
the direction Of John Melpolder, of New
Orleans, for 30 years one OF. the leading
authorities on social work, with the
view to obtaining data upon which to
perfect a county Red Cross organization
that will be a model fer all North Mis-
slssippi counties.
The survey will require 10 days. On
Sept. Is q big mass meeting is to be
held at Ripley, where the plans will
be outlined to meet the needs of the
situation as revealed by the survey.
DIR. Alexander Johnson, distinguished
social worker, will speak at this meet
ing. There win also be moving pictures
Illustrating the various phases Of the
work to be undertaken.
Special attention will be paid to rec
r~eGtional work in rural communities.
Miss Youngblood of the gulf division
Of Red Cross, having charge Of the rec
reational work plans,
Through the coming membership cam
paign 1t Ia hoped to obtain enough Red
Cross memberships in the county 10
maintain the work, which win include
provision for permanent publiN health
nurses, social workers and a recrea-
ticnAl supervisor.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15
COMMUNITY
FAIRS THIS WEEK

The event Of events, the annual neigh
borhood fair, viii take place at three
Of Shelby county's progressive rural
communities this week, Rosemark's
fair will be the first Of the three, taxi
ing place on Wednesday. The Sllleba
fair, at Capleville. will he held on Thurs
day and the George r. James fair at
Eads on Friday,
Each Of these fairs will be a compre-
hensivc exposition Of the productivity
Of the farms and farmers Of each com
munity as well as an exposition of the
accom- plinhments of the communities
women In the household arts. Because
Of the high development of the three
communities tho exhibits at their fairs
are expected to rival those which are
made at such fairs as the Tri-State.
Substantial prizes win he offered for
pre-eminenoe IN the various classes Of
exhibits. A community dinner will be
enjoyed at midday at each Of the fairs.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15
STATE WILL FORCE
QUICK TRIAL HERE

Allen J.. Mcnamara will go on trial
Wednesday morning for criminal as
sault, whether or not his attorney,
Ralph Davis, is in the city, If insistence
Of the states attorneys office has any
weight in First criminal court. w T.
McLain, assistant states attorney. said
Monday morning that the court would
be asked TO appoint a lawyer for Me-
Namara If Mr.. Davis was not back. and
Mcnamara would not secure another
lawyer.
The trial Of John s. Frey. also m
der indictment for committing criminal
aHsaulh will be held Immediately after
the Mcnamara case has been disposed
Of.
Mcnamara and Frey. with Fuller
Dbngley, were indicted, charged with
assault on three young girls at Wolf
river bridge and New Raleigh road.
Physicians who examined the girls
made the statement that Zach Of the
three was assaulted. Authorities still.
are searching for Longley. who escaped.s
Walter Patton, allies PADDY Mack
is due to go to trial In Second criminal
court Tuesday morning. He, with
Sleepy John" Rogers, Is held for at
tempted criminal assault and assault TO-
murder on Miss Hazel Bray. But pad
dy Mack also Is under indictment for
assault on another young woman, and It
is on this case that he will go TO trial
Tuesday. His attorney, Hugh Magev-
ney, has announced that he will ask for
a change Of enue.
II Mcnamara, FREY and Patton are
found guilty Of assault. the penalty may
be death In the electric chair for the
trio.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15
PUBLIC DISCUSSION
9 STOP PANhANpLlNG. 3

To The News sclmItar

To The News Scimitar:
Having seen the Miracle Man pic
lures being shown ut the Strand this
week, | am inclined to believe that
they could encourage anybody to be-
come a ~"panhandler'' and to beg for
money under the guise OF being deaf
and dumb; therefore, l deem It our
the fraud being much In evidence on the
streets these days, Any '~'panhandler'
can go into the streets and street cars,
showing his card with an appeal
Tor, small change, between s and s
O'Clock In the evening, work during
three hours and make more money than
an honest clerk or mechanic or laborer
can make In eight hours. 1t is profit
able. He knows 1t and will not work.
To every public-spirited citizen of
Memphis. | can do nothing else but
to urge you to ignore these ''panhan-
dlers." When You meet these fellows
on the street pass them by or call the
policemen to attention. Keep these
thieves away from u city by stopping
this back door begging. Nine times out
of ten, q man knocking at your door for
money or something to eat would steal
at the drop of a hat. DO not encourage
him Send him to the Associated Chari-
ties or some other mission, or turn him
over to the police where his case can
be Investigated.
We have many educated mutes In
Memphis who would be glad to aid the
investigating authorities and through
them 1t can be proved whether or not
that person is genuine.
In such u case modesty should be
set aside, II you feel 1t your duty
to warn the public then you should
speak as one having knowledge Of such
things (Which Of course you have) by
adding secretary" or president" to
your signature, You prove that knowl-
edge and It naturally carries weight.
No one would think o We're trying to
show off-they would feel YOU were do
ing your duty to the public.
], AMOS TODD,
Secretary Memphis Division No. 3S,
National Fraternal Society OF the
Deaf, care S. G. Toof 4 Co.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15
SPECIAL COURT WILL BE
HELD AT MANCHESTER

MANCHESTER, Tenn. Sept. Is.
(Spl)-A special term of the Coffee
county circuit court will be held in
Manchester on Sept. % and 80 at which
the Coleman case and the Campbell will
contest will be heard The Coleman
case involves the custody of the child
of MIR. and Mrs, Lasater Coleman, OF
Tullahoma.
The court adjourned Saturday. a
rn~rher ~ minor cases were disposed Of
during the term. Harry Burns, charged
with praoticing medicine without
license, and indicated In three cases by
the grand Jury. failed to appear for trial
and his bond was declared forfeited,
The bond amounted to $3.50.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15
CAMPAIGNS
HERE FOR CONGRESS

Judge R. L. l., Johnson, who was
elected without opposition to the cir
cut court bench for the district In Ar
kansas opposite Memphis, spent Sun
day in the Peabody hotel campaigning
for congress. On Sundays the Peabody
lobby for years has been known as the
county seat of Crittenden county and
in recent years many other st. Francis
basin men spent the day there,
Judge johnson has made a record OF
which he and his friends are proud
on the bench and he thinks that since
the Hon, T. II. Caraway Is a candidate
for senator, Paragould should be the
home OF Mr.. Caraway's successor.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15

S and so tipped off your booze to
me- And then the one logger, turn
about fair play, tipped Mike OFF to the
others cache, and by playing both ends
against the middle, Mike captured more
booze than ever before was caught
here.
Mike is at present a captain, and he
can hit harder than almost anybody.
He never has had to kill a man in his
30 years in Memphis police work, but he
stu. is capable Of knocking EN- down
and draggin' 'em out. And he'll do
it, too.
Mike has known them all, from Bill
Latura to Harnmett Ashford. And not
wan of them ever crooked an eye at
him, in a cross like manner. He had
their billy goat tied up in his office at
police headquarters.
So get in the. game. An Irishman
always has been logical for the head Of
the po-leece. That's why we picked
Mike. Vote for Mike.
A wee bit chance for the Irish laddie,
fr an Irish boom sweeps clean, whether
Ger peat bog or police department.
-
Tomorrow-All about Ernest Miller,
our candidate for finance commiss-
ioner.)
AN hope abandon We who enter
here" has been suggested as a sign to
adorn the portal of the tax collectors
sanctuary. ,.s
In comparing the various qualifica-
lions Of Memphis and Kansas City dam
sells, a travelling man from the latter
city says the Tennessee girls look at
you twice as long but don't mean half
as much.
so NEAR AND YET so FAR.
We heartily ono In the statement
that the man who coined the near
beer phrase was a very poor Judge of
distance.
Gone are the nights when my head was
light and gray,
Gone are my friends from the corner
bar to stay,
Gone from the wet to a drier land, 1
hear their gentle voices pleading, "old
J Jim Grow"
We are In doubt as to the exact
length of the 'long arm Of the law" bur
when we read that 1870 half pints OF
whisky were seized at one time we are
led to believe that aside from its length,
It crooks at the elbow In much the same
manner as a normal append.
II the police enforce the a~ntlloafing
edict to the letter, Memphis will nc
longer be known as the land of the mid
night son.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15

FROM the way they are plucking him for his money, COM
m nan ms costly lmousines and other property, no one need
mink tat Naruso feels like w~arbling the lines Of the poet who
wrote about this is my own, my native land" He left home lioht
IN purse ana scant in experience. His people are generous in civ
ing mn experience but seem determined to tighten his purse. He
mas ms voice ana the potentalty of making more money, but
raner I'm WIZ claim that from him ere long. He will be glad
70 gt PACK Z mat dear America, where, in spite of the high cost
OF living, ne an1asSed a fortune and got away with it.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15
MOUing Pictures
Majestic.

Many admirable sets have been ar
ranged for 1.-THE Witness for the De-
~fense," the great Paramount Aircraft
picture starring Elsie Ferguson, which
Is being displayed at the Majestic the.
alter this week, all Of which tested the
ingenuity of the director to the ex-
IRENE.
One OF these IL. a garden, which was
built in the studio in early spring and
and flowers were transported hundreds
of miles, 1t is in this garden that the
heroine Of THE Witness for the De-
Tense plights her troth to the man she
loves. later sacrifices his love In aid Of
her father and when the storm clouds
have passed away finds him again in
their former trysting place,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15

Today we tell about Mike Kehoe, our
oandidate9for police commissioner.
A vote for Mike Kehoe will make YOU
as happy as a visit to the D~onnybrook
fair! Don't forget Mike Kehoe, when
election day rolls round.
BECAUSE:
Mix kehoe Is the real veteran officer
of the police department. There isn't
a brick in Memphis that hasn't felt the
imprint Of his dainty little tootsies. he
knows Memphis inside and out, and IL
he wants to. he could go blindfolded to
any place in the city.
Mike Kehoe was born-stop your kid
ding, you ean guess that. 1t was in
County Galway or County Claire, and
when a broth Of a bye, he strobe to the
gangplank OF a ship at Queenstown, and
took a flying trip across the big water.
Our candidate for police commissioner
landed In New York, where Dick Croker
lamped him Just once, and said: step
into Tammany hall, draw down a shilla-
lah, and police this corner of the little
old town like she should be policed,"
But even In those days, Mike Kehoe
had heard OF Memphis. "Arrah, gwan
wild yez, Dick; sure, it's headed for
Memphis ! am And with these words,
the city Of Memphis gained the best
police officer 1t ever has boasted of.
At the time OF the coronation of King
81 tAiR hhei WV litAAilNg N0bltu W
Mike kehoe. stating, Let bygones be
bygones, please, Michael, and come back
To Ireland, and I'll move you on TO
Lunnon town, and make o the keeper
of the tower"
But Mike Kehoe, in the strength of
his young soul, wired to Georgia:
quit your kiddin', large; I've got a
regular job In a real city, where, but
fr the Eyetalians, 'twould be like the
Ould Sod"
This Is the manner of man we are
putting out for police commissioner. In
the days when he walked the streets OF
Memphis, young and full of pep, he
never carried a club, though belize, Il
was a natural weapon for him. And he
never failed to fight a drunk with his
fisties tno larger than cottage hamsl,
and to bring him In, Sure" said our
hero, "av a man can't whip a drunk
tits better off he'd be In England. OF
Wales, or some other SIGH uncivIlized
place"
'Tis a fox he Is, entirely, too, as he
showed when he went out to do battle
with the ~bootleggers. Like a true Irish
diplomat, he whispered to one logger
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15
PLACED IN JAIL.

JONESBoRO, Ark, Sept. Is. (Spl.)-
Lewis Gordon was brought here from
Conway yesterday afternoon and placed
In jail in default Of the payment of q
against him on charges Of larceny and
gaming.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15
Princess.

: The master hand of Ralph Ince is
seen In the directing of Vitagraph's
1.-THE Painted World" starring Anita
Stewart, which will be shown in the
Princess theater today and Tuesday,
The story was written by Jaques Flu
trelle and every ounce of the tremen-
dous dramatic power or the script has
been transferred to the screen, 1t is
a drama of hack-stage life, the supreme
but finally futile fight Of a mother to
keep her chi'd from entering the gates
OF the painted world which she has
passed never to escape years before. In
the sipporting cast are f.. X. Lincoln,
Julia Swayne Gordon, Charles Kent and
Harry Ndrthrup, Houaini in THE Mas
ter Mystery" Is added,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15

When PRESIDENT Wilson described some of the reservationists
as contemplate cutters" he may have had in mind Iodge
Borah, Johnson and Reed, but he didn't mean that thew showed
any disposition to quit talking.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15
Ye Mods
MSsJolts and Jcs4s
EE1r Slipped Past
WWThe Bl.ac Pencil
ENCOURAGEMENT
nv

EXTRAORDINARY.
We Editor Mods Put Out Ticket
Since there is a possibility Of five
tickets in the field this fall, We Editor
of Ye Editor Mods will make It an
even half dozen. DO not fail to read
the campaign literature which will be
distributed through this column, day by
day.
OUR TICKET! GET IN LINE!
For Mayor,
T. JOE COLE.
For Police Commissioner,
MIKE KEHOE.
For Finance Commissioner,
ERNEST MILLER.
For Street Commissioner,
CHARLEY cox.
For Public Utilities Commissioner,
TOM GWARTNEY
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15

Some people discuss the league of nations with a feryor that
would indicate tht the issue is Of the trnscendental importance
of a municipal electie
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-15

LtsTyNHNG TO A FOUR LOSe5Rl
SrALt ON NE PHONE 10
MAKE a eto IMPRESSION
~ a eov~E OF SAPS WHO
AYE 6olNG Nsuf SoMe OF MS OIL Spq
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21
Naval Officer Here
for Conference With
Insurance Ensign

Ensign Royal A. Roberts, pay
corps, United States navy, who has
been in Omaha for the last two days,
left for Chicago today. Ensign
Roberts is district insurance officer
at the Great Lakes naval training
station, which comprises the Ninth.
Tenth and Eleventh naval districts.
He was in Omaha conferring with
Ensign Streeter in regard to mat
ters pertaining to government in
surance. He has been making a
tour of the large cities in the dis
trict and is returning now to Chi
cago.
Ensign Streeter, who has been in
Omaha for sometime as insurance
officer, will not leave for Chicago
as was expected. He will remain in
Omaha until Wednesday or Thurs
day of next week He will make
another visit to LINCOLN on Friday
and Saturday, returning to Omaha
Monday.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21
Attendance Records
Broken at Meeting
Of State Dentists

Attendance records were broken
last night at the SD annual con-
vention of the Nebraska State Den
tai society, when $50 dentists were
present.
DR.. w. D. Vehe, Minneapolis, was
the principal speaker. He con-
vinced many of the par excellence
of porcelain in all dental work.
DR.. E. A. Litchfeld, Humboldt,
Neb., gave resume of block
anesthesia, explaining the process
of blocking different areas to obtain
a complete deadening of feeling. By
dispensing a minute amount of
solution along the tract of a nerve,
that part controlled by the nerve
is completely anesthesized, accord
ing to DR.. Litchfeld
The convention will not adjourn
until Friday afternoon. Most of
the ethical dentists in the state are
present. Twenty-Five from other
states are attending the meetings
according to reports. Election of
officers for the state organization
will be held today.