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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-26
"DOper" Had Edge On
Tom Smart In a NeW,
Thrilling Nose DiUe

Thomas H. Smart, president Of the
Memphis Overland Co., summed II VI
properly Friday when he said: Il may
get over 1t, but III never be the same
1t all came about because OF a NOR
I phine addict-a county prisoner work.
ing on the roads OF Haywood county
last Wednesday.
Smart and ]. II. Moran, president OF
the Bank of Dresden, Tenn, were driv-
Ing through Haywood county, They
came to q long section OF road under
going repairs, which were being made
by prisoners under armed guards. me
going was very slow, owing TO the tact
that much loose dirt and gravel had
been tossed on the roads by the county
prisoners, who were working from
bitches along both sides OF the thor
oughfare.
Suddenly a negro prisoner leaped from
the ditch and hurled himself headlong
In a spectacular nose dive" to the
road, directly In the path. OF the on
coming automobile, and almost under
the wheels.
Moran stepped on clutch and brake;
and the veins stood out on his forehead
from the strength he exerted IN clamp
ing on the emergency, a.,
Smart, every muscle taut, in a flash
saw u badly injured man, mangled, per-
I'll Then it all was over. The machine
stopped before the front wheels coul
more than touch the negro,
TN nightmare was dispelled by q
guard. who punctured the bubble OF
tragedy by SELLING the prisoner by the
scruff of the neck and hauling him 70
his feet.
Moran and Smart mopped big beads
of Precipitation from damp, foreheads;
What made him do itYl' Smart askee
the q,,ard. In q weak voice, which he
scarcely recognized as his own.
Jaw, he's nothing but one 81 my
dona fiends,' returned the matter o.
fact guard. "That's nothing. Yoy
oughta see some OF the stuff they pull
This wouldn't hold a candle to the othel
Maybe not" murmured Smart q
the machine drove off; but Shle,
| Burney sure would put the dimmel
| ordinance to such candlepower In Mem
phis,"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-26
Ten Tons Of Oak
Brought Here By
Truck And Trailer

Ten tons Of green white oak, measur-
lng. a total Of 1850 feet, was trans
ported from Pleasant Hill, Miss, to the
plant Of the Dickson & Shannon Lum-
Der company, Memphis, a distance of is
miles, In two hours flat recently.
The hauling was done by a GMC
truck OF three and one-half tons car
rying capacity, and pulling q five-ton
Troy trailer. James X. Dobbs. truck
sales manager Of the Union Motor Car
company, local agents for the GMC
truck and Troy trailers, superintendent
tins trip.
The mage oak logs attracted a great
deal Of attention in the downtown dis
triGt, when they were pulled up to
Third street and Monroe avenue, along
side the Union Motor Car company
salesrooms, where Dobbs posed them
for a photograph.
The weight Of the logs wal estimated
by lumbermen at II pounds to the foot,
and figuring m THIS basis, the total
tonnage was 1880 pounds, a little un-
der 10 full tons.
The trip was made without n mis-
hap-a fact that is attested by the
broad grin on the face OF Truck Sales
Manager Dnbbs, who proudly displays
the Photographic proof OF the prowess
OF his hobbies-the truck and the
tTa liar
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-26
.IIEtY
MEM OVER TOP
Makes First. Victory Loan
Quota, Is Boosted, Then
Makes the Second.

The hats Of the Victory loan cam
paigners are off to owen Lilly. presi-
dent and general manager OF the Lilly
Carriage company, for the manner In
which he twice led the automobile deal
ers, tire and auto accessory men over
2 Top IN the victory loan campaign,
which ends tonight.
Mr., Lilly was named chairman OF
the committee Of five automobile men,
who were TO raise the quota among
their fellows in Memphis, The other
members OF the committee were q. II.
sehleeht, president Of the Schlecht Mo
tor sales company; Frank n. Fisher,
president Of the Memphis Motor Car
company; Thomas II, Smart, president
OF the Memphis Overland company, and
3, H, Butler, president Of the South
eFn Motor company.
TIT quota OF the automobile, tire and
accessory dealers wal fixed at $t05, 900.
Under the direction Of Mr., Lilly, the
auto campalgnerB went to work, with
the result that they went over the
top at the end Of the third day. They
not only obtained their quota In pledges
they got n total of $2i6, 900, or sci 900
more than they were asked to give.
At noon Thursday Mr.. Lilly was no.
titled that a mistake had been made In
figuring the quota. The figure should
have been 500, 900, Instead OF 1896 900,
he was informed.
Nothing daunted, the Victory loan
campaigners in the auto trade sailed
forth at noon Thursday, and at 1 o'clock
that afternoon, they had gone above
their second q';ota, The exact figures
were not obtainable this morning, but
the automobile, tire and accessory men
had contributed literally enough to put
themselves way out ahead for the
second time In the week.
The sums subscribed were from the
firms. and do not inphlda tha puPphu ana
Of employees, which the Victory loan
boosters estimate win amount to 10
per cent Of tho automobile total al
ready subscribed.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-26
WAYNE TANK BUSINESS
MOVING IN HIGH SPEED

The local branch of the Wayne OIL
Tank and Pump company, under the
arrangement Of Thomas w. Hall, pulled
down the oompahy's silver. loving cup
in 1918 for the greatest sales increase
for the year 1918, The cup first was
offered in 1916 and was won by the
New York branch, Denver copied the
cup the second year. but the third
year the Memphis branch ran away
from all competition, and today the
cup is displayed in the show window
of the local branch, 245 Monroe avenue.
While 1919 business has rounded the
quarter post, the big part Of the race
still is in the future and Manager Hall
Is delighted with the progress his Of
flee sales force Is making, This year
has started out wonderfully for Wayne
tanks and pumps Hall said Friday.
I'VE have some mark to shoot at be-
cause OF the number of pumps WI sold
last year. Blu the branches In other
| cities will have to get up and hustle
II they take that loving cup away from
| Memphis this year"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-26
WARN DIXIE BUYERS OF
CATTLE TO INSPECT STOCK

WASHINGTON, April a6.-Pending
the outcome Of an RRyestigati9n by the
bureau OF animal Austry into the
sources of tubersNlesis eatue 49,
shipped to Southern states, persONA
about TO buy stock, Especially dairy
animals are cautioned by the depart
ment OF agriculture to make full IN
quiry. Ao Tonoas-
zee department of agriculture and me
| federal bureau OF animal industry, wh9
| tested three carloads of cattle received
| from Illinois a few months age py
! Tennessee purchasers, found tubereu-
losis existed among from 90 20 W per
cent OF the animals. The, section from
| which the cattle were received - now
| under investigation, and the case prom
| ises TO parallel that OF an Illinois cat,
| tie dealer who was recently Convictso
in the federal court for USING the uhlt-
ed states mails 70 defraud prospective
| purchasers Of dairy cattle. a.
THE bureau. backed by the scientfio,
and legal stats Of the department OF
asriculTure, is determined that the new
| dairy communities OF the South ami
| other parts of the country shall rot
be made q dumping ground FOR as
eased cattle sold by u~nscruPnlous deal.
ers, Investigations have shown that
| Southern herds in general are relatively
free from tuberculosis. or 5000 cattle
recently tested In herds supplying mix
10 Birmingham, Ala, enlyl47 were found
To- be tuberculous, This Is less thar
| one per cent, which Is much below
the estimated average for the United
+! states az a whole.
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-26
HOT-SPOT RECORDS
SENSATIONAL RUN
Chalmers Veteran Averages
1S Miles on Crudest Distil.
late in 500 Mile Trip.


The local Chalmers dealer, II. 8. Orr,
Of the Tri-state Motor Sales company,
has just received the details of the lat
est achievement OF the Chalmers Hot
spot.
Burning the crudest form of dIstil-
late, a Chalmers Hot-spot carrying five
passengers and supplies was driven
from Los Angeles to San Diego and
return, a total Of 29A miles, on 1s gal
Ions Of distillate.
Taking the old railroad rate Of three
cents a mile Orr remarked, this trip
would have cost $B.S So. And 10 this
parlor accommodations. The Chalmers
on the other hand, using distlllate for
fuel, made the trip for one dollar and
elghty-fiye cents besides all the com,
forts Of a roomy. well-upholstered
The California record Of the Chal-
mers. although not officially recognized
by the A. A.. A. contest board, was
done under the supervision OF a CONF
mittee Of newspaper observers who ac-
companied the car for that purpose.
When the remarkable work of the
Los Angeles HOt-Spot first was an
%nounced, t was intimated that the
using of a ncw car had much to do
with the excessive ymilage obtained,
This objection was completely eliml-
mated by the contest committee in
verifying the claim that the Chalmers
used on the, trip had already been driv-
EN- 4,945 miles.
Less than one pint Of oil was used
on the ee-hundred mileN trip and
despite frequent stops hat necessarily
increased the distlllate consumption, a
speed Of % miles per hour was main-
tained on the test.
1.-THE nationwide reputation OF the
1919 Chalmers in a large degree stands
On the IA the Chalmers Hot-spot
has mastered low grade gasoline in the
past two years. Orr claims.
'iOur owners here are dur best adj
vertisers and such periodical achieve
ments as the distillate record In Cali
fornia simply serve to accentuate and
bring out In relief the day-ln and day
out satisfaction Of driving a Chalmers
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-26
VIC. EARLY BUYS
RIVERSIDE ELEVATOR

The Riverside elevator at the corner
Of Nettleton avenue and Tennessee
W StfsSst' Sc sold I By \ The Rs,oS estate Sss e SeaN waiter alter
chased by w, G, Early, The deal, in
yolving some SIS, 900, was made through
Percy Galbreath and Involves one OF
the best pieces of warehouse property
in that part OF the city. II has choice
rail connections and Is in the heart OF
the grain and hay district.
The owner, who Is the head of w. c.
Early company, wholesale grocers, says
he bought the property In order to take
care on the rapidly expanding grain
and feed department Of his business.
The Investment feature was also at
tractiye, Part Of the elevator will be
business, while the rest will be de-
voted to taking care OF public storage.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-26
CARS BATTLE WITH
SPRING ON A RAMPAGE

There arrived at Bridgeport, Conn,
the other day, two Paige LaFchmonts
after an experience seldom suffered
even by cars purposely put 10 trying
stunts.
The Larchmonts came from The Paige
factory IN Detroit, making the trip 81
boat to Cleveland, then ~ their own
power 10 Albany via Buffalo, then BY
boat to New York. thence taking the
road again for the rest OF the way 70
Bridgeport.
Then ran into severe snow storms
that piled UP drifts six feet high, nav
igated seas Of mud, battled q day 10
cover l6 miles and otherwise fought
and roughed their way through IN splen-
did fashion, succeeding where many
inc were obliged q call for outside
help.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-26
W. l., RUSSELL NOW WITH
UNION MOTOR CAR co.

Another live member was added to
the sales force Of the Union Motor Car
company this week, when w. l., Rus
Russell is a weli-known member OF the
autocraft of Memphis, having sold cars
and trucks here for the past four years.
Russell will sell GMc trucks and Troy
trailers in his new job, He will work
with James X. Dobbs, sales manager
OF the truck department Of the Union
Motor Car company.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-26
CoUCHEs INCOMPATIBLE

Capt. ]. A. Couch, Of the West Mem
phis & Bluff City Ferry company, late
filed suit In circuit court, ask
ing divorce from los wife, Matte
'Incompatibility OF temepra-
ment' was the cause given for the
court action,
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-20
Plans to Solve the Problem Of conaes.
tlcn by Means of sub-surface
Construction.

Paris.-French cities, particularly
Paris, wish to grow without becoming
ugly. Hence they're going to build
down, instead Of up.
Where New York, Chicago. Kansas
City and other big American cities
have solved their problem Of conges-
ton by building skywards, Paris hopes
to preserve her beauty by sub-surface
construction.
Paris has Just reopened her national
competition In identifying the city
that was interrupted by the war. I'm
d~erground building is one plan already
accepted. The necessity for this Is due
to the fact that buildings are limited
to six stories. Paris designers believe
beauty of municipal architecture is en-.
HANGED by streets that present a long
vista with an even skyline.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-20
Personals

Mr.. and Mrs. T. Edgar Schel have
returned to their home in Lewiston
Pa, after a three weeks visit with
Mrs. Schells mother, Mrs. Ella
Kaufman, in Rector street.
Mrs. Adrian Lyon, Of Gordon street
and Rev.-and Mrs. William H. Baw-
den, of Madison avenue, .motored to-
day to the latter's ummer home in
Winchester Center, Conn.
Willard Hults, of High street, has
entered his senior year at Rutgers
College.
The Misses Harriet and Eleanor
Mead, of Smith street, and Mrs. Q,
Hubbard. of State street, are Newark
sojourners today.
Charles Lee. Of Trenton, was the
guest of his daughter, Mrs. e. G,
Moke, of Madison avenue, yesterday.
Mrs. Sarah Hunt, of Connecticut,
Is visiting her brother, Frank Mead,
of Smith street..
Miss Ella Lindeberg, of Brooklyn,
returned home after visiting at the
home of Miss Elizabeth Campbell in
Smith street.
Mrs. Howard w. Keller. of Phila-
delphia. is visiting her sister, Mrs.
0. N. Olesen, of Madison avenue.
Miss Irene Hinrichs, oef New York,
visited friends in Brighton avenue
yesterday.
Miss Rose Blum, of New York, is
spending the weekend with friends
in Brighton avenu
Miss Ida Dell, of New York, Is the
guest at the home of MI. and Mrs. I.
E. Robbins of High street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-20
dspxsShded 1919 Tho

Katherine Miller had her chance
In the week thai followed. Events
showed that she improved it. The
Lorimers were busy with arrange
ments for a grand out-of-door fete.
Even Mother Lorimer isn't superior
to the joys of giving a party when
she has q good excus to do so. Jim's
return to his aviation camp after
leave Of absence, furnished her with
a fine opportunity for getting all of
his friends together.
The weather was too hot for a
dancing party-therefore a dancing
entertainment was provided-classi-
cal dancing by barefooted profession
ais. Katherine Miller helped Chrys
to select and engage the dancers.
Bob, of course, had his share in the
planning, and /, of course, had no
part in it at all. I couldn't ever type
The business letters. My time was
Aken up in mothering Barbara.
1t was to be a moonlight spectacle,
II the weather permitted To sup
plement the moonlight, If necessary,
hundreds of electric bulbs were
strung in the foliage of the trees
which bordered the gardens, park
and lawn.
The affair proved quite the most
gorgeous ever pulled off" In the
atty. The barefoot dancing girls.
Notified in clouds of gauze, looked
like the figures on q Greek vase come
to life. BY a system of colored light
ing which would have paralyzed the
Greeks, the dancers seemed to boat
like wisps of the rainbow, or massed
themselves like drifting sea-mist, or
like frightened naiads escaped from
their holy trees, they raced across
The green.
Just as the last of them was re-
49, = boo ,oalra- hAItotra ahndo In
Sne of the grand oaks of the park.
the lights went out.
The decorator had been too ambt-
tious. Now there was q short cir
cult somewhere and nobody could
locate the trouble-aIthough Daddy
Lorimer swore his best. Not public
ly, of course. But 1. being on the
outskirts Of the party most OF the
time, heard him. And 1t was awful!
But it didn't light the lamps!
Unfortunately the night was cloudy
and the Lorimer party, most magni-
fcent social event of the season,
seemed destined to collapse.
Finally some genius conceived the
idea of surrounding h lawn with
the autos and centering their lights
on the tables, the orchestra, and the
pavilion. The effect of this flood of
white light was charming and novel,
and in the end the accident merely
added to the gayety as well as the
beauty of the occasion. But all the
vast Lorimer grounds outside or the
circle of the autos were drenched IN
darkness for an hour after midnight.
I watched it all as I would watch
a play. Bob was, for me, he lead.
And Katherine Miller played oppo-
site. She was as pretty as a beauti-
ful moth luttering in and out of the
lights and shadows. I lowered on
the edge of things, like Cinderella IN
the ashes, not because I was alto
gether ugly, but because l was lone
some for Bob-and bored by every
one else.
About midnight Jim. Jr., hunted
me up to say goodbye. His train was
due before the guests commenced to
leave.
I'm awful sorry to go. Sissy" he
said as we walked toward the bench
nv the side of my favorite pool. But
for the love o. Mike, girl. do get rid
Of that masquerade before l come
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-20
Form Mothers Club
To Meet IN Schools

Following up along the wonderful
work being done in this city on Amer
~icanization, Mark Letter has conceived
of still another step In the American
ization Of the Perth Amboyan. Clubs,
known as Mothers Clubs are being
organized throughout the city schools.
These clubs are friendly social clubs
to which the mothers of the different
denominations can come inc talk
They can talk their own language
among themselves and their will also
be young ladies there ready to help
them with the adopted tongue. In ex-
istence at the present time is an Ital-
Ian club and Mr. Letter Is planning
now the formation of a Polish Mo-
Tiers club.
Jus as the girls over in the foreign
sections of the city are gradually real
izing just what benefits they car de-
rive from forming into clubs under
American leaders so will in time their
mothers see that they can learn bet
ter ways of caring for their children,
better and more attractive ways of
caring for their homes n entertain
ing their husbands through these
club activities. Work, and i~nharmony
will disappear and wise management
and contentment will inhabitate the
homes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-20
RbdIaGaal3
Miss Sadie Hall
HOnOred at iShOwer

A miscellaneous shower was ten
dered to Miss Sadie Hall at her home
in Maple street Wednesday night in
honor Of her approaching marriage.
A very interesting evening was spent
in singing and dancing. Miss Hall was
the recipient of many gifts.
Among those present were the Miss
es Alice Monroe, Ethel Heiselberg,
Kathryn and Sadie Hall, Mrs. Harry
Hanson, Mrs. Theodore Ronalder, Mr..
and Mrs. r. J. ellis, Mr.. n Mrs.
Thomas Hall, OF this city the Misses
Dorothy R%onalder, Rue De R~onalder.
Mrs. E. Ronalder, Mr.. and Mrs. J..
Ellis, Mrs. NJ. Ellis, Of Tottenville,
Sergeants George Newcomb and Bren-
tice Rhodes. Of Camp Merritt, Misses
Vivian Hearn and Elmira De Monty
and Richard Saxmore, Of New York;
Miss Speas and Joseph Harlem, Of
Philadelphia.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-20
Mss Lillian Christensen
Is GlUen ShOWer

A miscellaneous shower was ten
dered to Miss Lillian Christensen at
her home, 262 Prospect street, last
night. Many pretty gifts were re-
ceived. Music, singing and games
were the features of the evening. Re-
freshments were served at a late
hour.
Among those present were the
Misses Emma Rabold, Lottie Nc
Clusky, Sophie McClusky, Lena Jel-
icks, Mae Walohan, Lillian Christen-
sen, Mrs. Lulu Courtney, Mrs. Hag-
erty, Mrs. Harry Foley, Mrs. Ben
Stark and the Misses Emily Larson
and Ethel Anderson, of this city;
Rasmine Harrison. of New Bruins
wick; the Misses Marie and Laura
Bausch, of Tottenvllle; Messrs. John
Pearl, Joseph Kodiak, Frank and
Archie Christensen, George Marsh
and William Grove, of this city, and
s. Wiley, of Metuchen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-20
l&Mhfnln
s~ilversand Lake

SilverSand Lake
My last day at Silversand, Joan
DEAR, and one to be marked with a
white stone of remembrance.
/ had been feeling blue as 1 pack
: ed my things. For after all, a bust
ness job was not the object of this
summer outing, Randy Lewis's letter
which came this morning added to
my feeling of failure. He is SO posi-
tive the position Mr.. Heron offers
me Is not a wise one to take, and 1
do have confidence in Randy's judg-
ment. There is no one I'd rather
have think well of me than Randy.
But 1t is too late. / have made up
my mind and I have promised Mr..
Heron.
After lunch 1 went to say good
bye to the beautiful lake, and met
Eric Wallis in the summerhouse.
Dorothy, l don't want you TO
Co." he said. And once more the
tenderness in his voice thrilled me as
1t had that first day al Lively Beach
where he performed the common.
place service of carrying my bags.
What would you have me dor" I
think there must have been both
w~istfulness and tiredness in my tone
for he moved close to me on the rus
tice bench and laid his hand over
NINE.
What you WANT to do" he an
swered. rs it making you happy,
this work you are undertaking for
Herron?"
mo. But-Oh. what's the use 2"
I shrugged. IT'S a good job. Many
a girl will eny me. The summer is
nearly gone and I've got to think Of
the future. There's a time for dream
ing and idling and a time for work
Ing" I tried to laugh.
1--WE been trying to work." said
Eric, land / found myself dreaming,
Dolly. I've been thinking about you
O. tremendous lot. You and me-" He
faltered and I held my breath for
him to go on. Yet something, Joan,
kept telling me no-no-no-it isn't
what you seek.
Dorothy" he took up the thread
again, though 1t seemed to me he
was thinking aloud rather than say
ing something definite to me, 81 want
we've got to decide just what we
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-20
Surprise Party for
Miss Bernfce Bruckteimer

A surprise party was rendered Miss
Bernice Bruckheimer by her friends,
the Misses Marjorie Hoagland, Mana
Morrissey and Ruth Benhamer, last
night at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Morrissey, of 155 Lewis street. 1t
was a farewell affair as Miss Bruck-
heimer is leaving for New York,
where she will take up her residence.
The evening was spent in dancing,
music being furnished by Morrissey's
orchestra and chorus singing. A buff
fet lunch was served around mid
night.
Among those present were the
Misses Bernice Bruckheimer, Ruth
Benhamer, Marjorie Hoagland, Mana
Morrissey, Maude Peterson, Elizabeth
oliver, Irene Shipley, Gertrude Tyr
rell. Ruth Wright and Elizabeth
Smith, and the Messrs. Albert Nelson,
Harold Rasmussen, Walter Codding-
ton, Edward Witt, Arthur Hanson,
Leon Rhodes, Herbert Bullwinkle and
Irwin Lund, Mrs. Benhamer, Mrs.
Morrissey, Mrs. M. Bruckheimer. Mrs.
Hoagland, Mrs. loft and Miss M. Hy-
man.