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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
TENNESSEE WHEAT
IS IN GOOD SHAPE
Rye Acreage Is Larger Than
Last Year As Is Also
Hay Acreage.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, MAY 10. (Spl)-
The wheat crop in Tennessee on May
l was in splendid shape, though during
the latter days Of April there seemed
to be a tendency in many fields for
the plant to turn yellow, with a de-
cided yellow cast on the lower blades.
This was undoubtedly due to the cool
weather prevailing and the cool, rainy
weather a few weeks previous. There
will be but little of the crop aban-
doned, only Is per cent, il present
prospects hold good, and unless the
plant was damaged by the recent freeze,
and with reasonable conditions until
harvest, there will be a large crop.
The same holds true for the United
States as for Tennessee.
The rye acreage for grain in the
state is some larger than last year.
There is never a large acreage saved
for the grain, being used chiefly for
pasturage. The condition is not quite
so good as a month ago.
The acreage of hay shows an in
crease over last year This is on ac-
count of the labor shortage. Much land
has gone intl grass, This is espe-
cially true of much of the eastern part
OF the state; The drought Of last year,
which cut the hay crop short in the
western part of the state, has caused
a renewed effort to get a full hay
crop this season. Taking into consld-
Grafton the cool, late spring, the con-
dition Is good.
Flowing and planting, while some rev
days late, have progressed well the
latter part of April and the greater
part of the corn crop is in the ground.
In the cotton section this crop is also
late In being planted and there remains
much of the crop yet to plant. Some
is up, but is showing the effects
of the cool weather.
The death rate among all live stock
the past year has been exceedingly
low, there being practically no diseases
in the state of special Importance, u
few isolated cases of hog cholera that
did not spread. The mild winter has
been exceptionally fine for sheep and
lambs and the mortality Of lambs ~
unusually low. While the condition Of
live stock is good, the shortage Of feed
in some instances has caused some Of
them to look a little rough.
The condition of wheat in the state
is given as 81 per cent, In the United
states 1905; the condition of rye 10
95 per cent, in the United States 95.S.
the aGTHase s 81 esy ss y ig %bI Rsr t Ssnt com IN
dition is SO per cent and S4.3, respec
lively.
The per cent of blowing IN the state
on May l is rs, In the United States
1877. The amount of sowing and plant.
ing done In the state is 60 per cent,
in the United States 81.
stock in the state is: Horses and mules,
16; cattle, from disease 20, from ex-
posure 10; sheep, disease 25, from ex.
posture 4; lambs, exposure, 40; swine.
disease, As,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
AS YOUNG AS
YOUR KIDNEYS

The secret Of youth il FLIMINA.
TON OF P0lSONS from your BODY
This done, you can live to be a hundred
and enjoy the good things Of life with
as much pep as you did when in the
~springtime OF youth, -Keep your body
In good condition, that's the secret.
Watch the Kidneys. They filter md
purify the blood, all of which blood
passes through them once every three
minutes. Keep them clean and In
proper working condition and you have
nothing TO fear, Drive the poisonous
wastes and deadly uric acid accumula-
tons from your system. Take GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oh Capsules and you
will always be in good condition. You
will feel strong and vigorous. with
steady nerves and elastic muscles,
GOLD MEDAL Harlem Oil Capsules
are imported direct from the labora.
tories at HARLEM, Holland.
They are a reliable remedy which
has been used by the sturdy Dutch for
over 200 years. and has helped them
to develop into one Of the strongest
and hearthicst races of the world. Get
eAem from your druggist. Do mot take
a substitute. In sealed packages
three sizes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
CAN RETURN TO
berlin TO DISCUSS PEACE

PARIS. May 10.-The German peace
plenipotentiaries are at perfect liberty
to return to Rerlin and consult their
government If they desire to do so, 1t
Ia reported in conference circles. Such
a move, II made, would not mean the
breaking off Of the negotiations,
President Wilson expressed the be-
lief today hat nothing would be heard
from the German pleni%potentiaries for
about a week, Neither he nor the 9TH
err members of the American delegation
have heard anything regarding the pub
Ushed report that the German delegates
We're preparing to depart from Yer
sailles.
The German delegation worked nearly
The whole night in preparing counter
proposals, the clicking of typewriters
o'clock this morning, No communioa-
lions have as yet been sent to the
chiefs of the allied missions,
The Austrian peace delegates will
leave Vienna on Monday and reach
Paris probably Wednesday. the French
foreign office was advised today. Pre-
vious adyices had indicated the Aus
TRAN delegation was expected to reach
Paris Monday.
The portion of the German treaty
which has not yet been made public
contains a provision that German Aus
tria's separation from Germany shall
be ''inallenable" unless approved by
the league Of nations. The use of the
word s~inalienable' is for the purpose
OF settling the question. not only for
the present. but for a long period,
The council of foreign ministers yes
terday afternoon fixed theN~ boundaries
between Csecho -Slovakia and Jugo-
Slavia and made progress toward the
adjustment OF the new Rumanian
boundaries, The question Of lifting the
blockade against Hungary was referred
to the supreme economic council for
action.
The financial clauses Of the peace
treaty with Germany continue TO be the
most discussed sections OF the docu-
ment and are almost universally con-
aponsible for the repayment of h en-
IRE cost Of the war and for leaving
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
SCHOOL PROMOTION DAY
IN PHILLIPS COUNTY

HELENA, Ark, May 10. (spl)-rri-
day was promotion day at Trenton.
whore all grammar school students Of
Phillips county gathered, and all who
have passed the requirements Of the
eighth grade.recelved certificates from
county superintendent l.. y. Anderson
4 basket picnic dinner was served on
the school grounds. W. 7. Laseter.
state supervisor OF rural schools, and
r h. Tucker, superintendent OF the
Helena schools, made addresses to stu
dents.
The following program vas rendered
by pupils receiving certificates OF pro-
motion.
Reading--"Little Sister and l." Cassls
Campbell, North Creek school,
Declamation-'The American SOL
diSr Bruce Slaughter, Elaine school.
Plano solo-Mildred Cook, Cypert
Reading-Beatrtss Morton, Poplar
Announcement Of prize winners,
Presenting Of certificates-L. p, An
derson, county superintendent.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
LABAR MAGNOLIA CLUB
N0MINATES CANDIDATES

Candidates on the two tickets, the
Red and the Blue, which will run for
election before the Lamar Magnolia
Civic club, were announced Friday
night at the meeting in ROzell sChool.
The annual election will be held
June 49,
Ben IL. Berry. chairman of the Blue
ticket, presented the following acndi-
dates: For president, Or, A.. r. Will
lians, vice president, II. II. Murray;
secretary, X, j., Mitchell; treasurer,
Charles Gray.
Capt, Charles Nicely. chairman of the
Rec ticket, presented the following can
didates: President, II. j. Stanage;
vice-president, Yandall Haunt; secre-
tary, viii IN Buck; treasurer, l.. II.
Rodgers.
Members reported on the results OF
cleanup week and declared that CO.
operation from the city, which had been
promised, failed to materialize. The
cleanup campaign, accordingly, failed
Of It's purpose. and trash which had
been piled Mp, with the exception Of
what rains had washed away, wa de-
clared to still be there.
The vlub plans to appear in police
court as prosecutors OF auto speeders
In the n~eighhorhood, Capt. Charles
Nicely was one of the speakers before
the meeting, telling OF his experiences
with the American forces,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
HOTEL SIDE-LlFE
Is IN BAD MlXUP

One line of life at the Hotel Gayoso
became badly tangled by the arrest
Of Martha Clark, a guest of the hotel,
young and handsome, on a charge of
discrderly conduct. She admitted that
her life ut the hotel had not been cor
rect and was fined $50. However, in
her testimony she implicated William
ogden, the house detective, and many
negro bellboys in what she said was
II combination.
The net police court action until noon
Saturday was;
The girl, fined $50 for disorderly con-
duct.
Norman Stewart, Negro bellboy, fined
$50 for disorderly conduct and fined $50
on another charge.
John W, Hinton, negro bellboy, fined
$50 for disorderly conduct.
Lee Foster, negro bellboy, Fl years
old, arrested Saturday at noon, charged
with disorderlE conduct.
Claud Owens, negro bellbQy, 20 years
old, arrested Saturday afternoon,
charged with disorderly conduct.
Detectives out with issued
by Judge Ftzhugh and Joe Burney,
chief of police, to take ogden into rus
tody for an investigation on the accu-
sations preferred by the Clark girl.
Policemen and detectives Saturday
afternoon hunting for more negro bell
boys of the Hotel GayoSS.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
DELEGATION NAMED FOR
BIG COTTON CONFERENCE

A strong delegation has been selected
by the Chamber of Commerce to at
tend the cotton convention in New Or
leans, May IA, 10 and 16, at which 1t
Is expected the organization of the
$50, 900, 600 cotton exporting corporation,
which was begun in Memphis at a
recent meeting, win be completed. The
~delegatesf are Hugh Humphreys, A. L..
Parker, \ T. Jennings, Leon Stern
berger, NJ =. Sturdivaut and +, M.
Crump. MIR, Crump and Mr.. Stern
berger will leave for New orleans Sun
day, and the others Will follow later.
The New Orleans convention probably
will arrange for the extension of APP
proximately $500, 600, 600 credit to the
cotton importing countries of Europe,
in order to stabilize exchange with
these cotton importing countries.
The cotton exporting corporation, ac-
cording to Joseph N~ewburger, plans to
raise its capitalization from $50, coo, 900
to 800 000, 900 by borrowing from the
government under the operation of the
Webb Pomerene act, in order to carry
out Its plan for extending credits and
stabiliZing exchange,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
COTTON RETARDED BY
RECENT HEAVY RAINS

The cotton crop in Eastern Arkansas
viii be greatly retarded by the recent
heavy rains in that section, in the opin-
ION OF ]. B, Thompson, former county
judge of C%rittenden county. "The cold
rains of the past four days" said Judge
thompson Saturday, will result in a
poor stand and much cotton will have
to be %replanted, If the weather con-
ttnues cold and wet, considerable cot
ton land may have to be thrown out
and planted later to corn"
Judge Thompson also said that the
test case to determine the validity of
the new road law for his county will
probably soon be decided. and when
the engineers estimates of the pro-
posed cost of the roads in the district
just east of the J.. r. Harahan bridge
have been submitted, the road commits
sioners will proceed with the bond issue
and the construction of the roads,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10

France with a burden placed at no.
900, O00, 900 francs.
What will the stupefication Of
France be when II is realized that her
victory condemns her to bankruptcy
asks La Nouvelle.
mantle, condemns the treaty unreserv-
eddy, saying it is a Bourgeois capital
istic peace which nc socialist deputy
can ratify, and history will consider it
a criminal breach OF a sworn word and
an outrage on morals and right"
1t is understood the council of four
is continuing it's study of the Fiume
question on the basis OF the agreement
reached relative TO the future status
of the Saar region.
The Saar region, according to the
terms OF the treaty presented to the
Germans, will be governed by a COM
misunderstanding of five members APP
pointed by the LEAGUE Of nations.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
Learned Lessons,

Now the South. far from feeling that
II got better treatment than tho West,
rather thinks the shoe In on the other
foot, hut the South learned come les
sons during the war, taken from the
brother wheat growers experience.
FIRST, the farmer has seen the i'm
portance of using ONE OF his acreage
to produce foodstuffs: second, instead
OF having the government or any other
Intermediary agency fix prices. the
farmer himself will now regulate the
supply. Thus he will regulate the
prices, and the unusual acreage viii! h.
put to other uses for the production
Of necessities OF life, which will re-
duce the cost Of living to him and
therefore. the cost Of growing.
The South is very anxious to have the
treaty OF peace ratified, The cities
which ! have visited since the official
summaries were made public seemed
to think the document a good COM
promise among the allies, and a stern
judgment upon Germany, but a procla-
nation OF peace Is wanted also, because
OF the hope that II will speedily re-
torn prewar conditions of mer
phis region Is anxious to trade directly
with Europe, first with the neutral
countries, and later with the central
powers.
During the war, buying commissions
have represented Italy, France and
England, Tho British, through their
control Of import licenses and ship
ping, have been able to control tho
amount Of cotton that could be sent
abroad, A combination Of these foreign
commissions has meant virtually a
single buyer, Now the South wants
to- get into the open market again, and
establish direct contact with tho pur-
chasers, Peace cannot come too soon
to suit the South. And, rs for dis
elimination IN favor Of this section and
against the West; well, a comparison Of
the farmers books In the South, and
the earnings OF the producers Of 50 20
wheat would answer the question
mathematlcatly.
Copyright, 1919, by the New York
Evening Post. Incl
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
TO DECIDE ON
PARADE AT SMOKER

Whether or not there will be a mill
tary parade on the opening day of
the Centennial win be decided by pri-
served in the world war, who have
been asked to assemble at a smoker
at the Chamber of Commerce at 7:30
o'clock next Tuesday night. Officers
nave not been invited, but may attend
the meeting II they desire. B.. A. Bogy,
president Of the Centennial Celebration
association, will preside and will pre-
sent the question to the former soldiers.
The association has secured a prom
Use from Maj.-Gen. Peter G. Traub,
commander of Camp Pike, who led the
S5th division in the Argonne battles,
to coma TO Memphis with his personal
staff and a company of infantry and
a company of cavalry to lead the pa
rade.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
RAILROADS CONTEST
NEW ROAD DISTRICTS

CONWAY, Ark, May 10. (Spl)-
Construction of highways in this coun'
ty is being blocked by litigation into
which the Missouri Pacific railway has
cast the first two improvement dis
tricts organized. Court cases are IN
file by the plaintiff company against
the Conway and Vilonia and the Con-
way districts.
Attorneys for the railway have at
tackled the legal foundation Of the dis
tricts from all angles. To make GER
tain that the issues at stake will be
determined by federal court, the Mis-
souri, Pacific has sued both districts in
federal court at Little Rock in addi-
ton to the actions filed in chancery
here.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
GOV. WILLIS TO SPEAK.

Arrangements are being made for the
appearance in Memphis Sunday, June
/, of Frank B. Willis, former governor
OF Ohio, who will deliver two addresses
on prohibition. Gov. WIS is now al
lied with the speakers bureau of the
A~ntisaloon league. Others who will
speak in Tennessee on or about June
/ are William Jennings Bryan, who
speaks In Nashville, and George r.
Stuart, who speaks In Knoxville. It is
considered probable that Gov, Willis
will speak during the morning In n
of the local churches and in the after
moor at a local theater.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
To All Residents

6HHE greatest event in the history of Memphis and
il Shelby County will be the celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary of the birth OF the civ and
the county, May 1924. 1t will attract not less than 100
600 visitors,
Every Memphian should lend his or her cooperation
in order that we may provide for the pleasure and com
fort of our guests. They must necessarily be furnished
with sleeping and eating accommodations. For this rea-
son a complete record must be compiled of all hotels
boarding houses, rooming houses and private homes where
accommodations may be obtained. Please fill out the oues-
tons below and return promptly to Celebration Headouar-
tiers, "A North Second Street.
Very truly yours,
MEMPHIS N HELBY COUNTY
CELEBRATION, INC.
By NJ. H. Rosenthal and T. II. Mcknight.
Chairmen Of the Hotel and Information Committees.
Respectively.
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
STOCK SHIPMENTS GROW.

YAZOo CITY. Miss, May 10. (Spl.)
This week contains the months reg
ular shipping days for the cooperative
shippers of Yazoo county and the total
shipments have increased the live stock
sales total of the county by $12, 900.
More than $4,000 worth of hogs were
shipped from Yazoo City and Eden, in
this county, shipped approximately
81, 900 Besides the hog shipments a car
OF feeder steers was sold and negotia-
tons are being made for a second car
from the county.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
CHICKENS STOLEN.

Bold thieves made away with six
thoroughbred hens and Il rooster which
were Just preparing for their morning
stroll in the rear Of the home of Mrs.
Viola Soften. 500 Rayburn boulevard,
Saturday. The robbery occurred about
ing a noise when the door Of the hem
house was being broken down, but
thought someone a %chopping kim
ding.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
FINDS
DIXIE GOT WORST
Of WAR DEALINGS
Expert Answers Western
Wheat Mems Arguments by
Showing How South's Cot
ton Growers Suffered.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
THE News SeImItar Special Core.
S~pondent.)

NEW ORLEANS. La, May lO.-out
West they still harbor a sort Of feeling
that the South was better treated be-
cause the price of cotton was not fixed,
as was wheat. What does the South
think about It, especially since cotton
has fluctuated recently below the fig
ure at which it might have beer defl-
nitely held by the government.
Even though hindsight is better than
foresight, and the cotton producers
here might now be benefiting from a
liked price the opinion or lib~eral-minded
iolks IN this section IS that the same
argument made against the price fix
ing at the time the controversy was
at its height, holds good now-econom-
ically unsound then, therefore eoonom
ically unsound now.
In the first place, having had a little
experience with the government man
Hgement Of such things as the war
risk bureau, and aUotments to soldiers,
there isn't much confidence here that
Washington could have handled so
complicated a problem a. eompensa-
ton for cotton, every bale may have
a different weight, ana there are at
least 100 different grades of different
values, Probably the biggest depart
ment ever created in the government
would have had to be set up to handle
the clerical side alone, and there would
ave been no telling when the cotton
grower would have gotten his money,
Out West where diversified farming
has been developed to an intense de-
gree, the dependence on wheat ia rela-
lively not as great as the dependence
here on cotton.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
Years Helpless.

The South has been ilving for years
10" IN a sort of economic helplesBness,
because money to pay for the cotton
crop has been needed so badly each
year that control OF the market has
been largely a control of the credits.
and this has been accomplished by
other sections OF This country or Eu-
ropean traders. Only when the new
banking systems came into being un-
der the Wilson administration, did the
South begin to see It's emancipation
from the foreign yoke, But the Euro
pean war upset things a great deal,
ana the people of the United States
generally, have no idea Of the losses
which were occasionsd in the first two
years of the war, when the British en-
hargo and blockade inevitably curtailed
shipments and caused cotton to drop
below 10 cents. Naturally when the
market began to rise, the South saw
W. opportunity To 'recoup losses and
didn't want to see the price fixed.
On the other hand, the cotton men
mere, believe the price Of wheat was
liked for entirely different reason, than
would apply TO tho situation here.
wheat was scarce, but cotton was plon-
uiul. II Is still commended that price
ftNtng was economically sound when
applied TO a commodity In which there
was u shortage, hut unsound with ref
VlohNe 10 hItlCleH OF WnlCn a plethora
existed, but shipping was scarce. Again,
men who arc not themselves interested
IN cotton, assure me that the amount
per acre which the cotton grower has
been able to get, is much less, con
sidering hts toll and labor, thar that
which the wheat producer gets, even at
So 20 wheat.
For example, the South. in response
to the government appeal. planted the
second largest acreage In the history
OF this country, Weather conditions
Naused much loss, and 1t cost the South
just as much to RAISE its small crop
as did to plant the big crop. To
some extent this was. relieved by The
higher prices, but the South doesn't feel
that 1t got anything extraordinary in
the way Of money out OF the war. In
fact, just now, it thinks the West got
much the better OF 1t, with n price OF
500 fer wheat, when the figures
might have been below that II the gov
eminent hadn't forestalled such a pos-
sihility by guaranteeing the crops for
tive years.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
DIVORCE REVIEWED.

CONWAY, Ark May 10; Ispl.>IAn.
Lasley, of Enola, to secure from her,
former husband. L. T. Lasley, a part
of the snug fortune which she alleges
was accumulated through their joint
efforts, and of which she received no
share when the chancery court granted
his motion for divorce, The court now
has called the case In review.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
SUIT PAPERS v

CHICAGO, May 10.-After the
sheriffs office had waited two years in
an effort to serve papers in a civil ac-
ton on c. X, G.. Billings, millionaire
capitalist of New York, and formerly
Of Chicago, success is announced. 1t is
claimed that a deputy sheriff has sue
ceeded in gaining admittance to the ex-
elusive Casino club, where he found
Billings.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
STEAL AUTO EQUIPMENT

Burglars made their way into the
Florida grain warehouses, Horn Lake
road, before dawn Friday and stole
every automobile accessory in the
department as having been taken wers.
Seven tire castings. six inner tubes
seven fan belts, six spark plugs and
five packages Of tire cement.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
HEAVY RAINS FALL.

HICKMAN, KY, May 10. (Spl.)-
Fully " inches OF rain have fallen
stop to farm work in general, and rain
is still falling, Planting is at a stand
still and will be now until the ground
dries out some, and in the alfalfa sec
tions much alfalfa has peer cut and
is lying on the ground, already badly
damaged.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-10
WILL INVITE G, A, R.

w, f. Roberts, department manager
Of the Tennessee G. A. r., Thomas
O'Connor n a number of other Civil
war veterans will go to the state en-
campment at Chattanooga next Thurs
day carrying an invitation 20 the Union
veterans to aseet next year In Mem
phis.