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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
JEWISH NEW YEAR

Beginning on Wednesday the Jews the world over held their
great annual celebration Of the new year, This carries the mind
back ao and through remotest antiquity-before Abraham sat
in the door of his tent, before the patriarchs and prophets walked
and talked with God; TO the time spoken OF by John in that mar
veous eruption OF incompatible eloquence, In the beginning
1t is a time OF giving thanks to God for the years increase, OF
good feeling and good fellowship, of prayer and thanks and re-
joicng, The customary greeting reveals its spirit and purpose.
In Hebrew: "Leshonu tow ~teckosevu,' which, in English, is
given: May you be inscribed in the book of life" 1t would be
difficult to conceive of anything more beautiful. 1t expresses the
yearning of the human soul after Immortality. Gods chosen
people are deserving OF praise for many things, but perhaps moth
ing shows their fidelity more than the way they cling to the old,
memorial things which time cannot change or obiterate. Even
the blowing OF the rams horn is kept up as it was done when the
world was young. This is done in a ~changeless form OF worship OF
a ~changeess God,
The centuries have died and left their petrified bones in the
mountain ranges and the islands thrown up in the sea by volcanic
action. Empires, dominions and dynasties have come and gone;
nations have risen, ruled and flourished and passed, but the old
faith and the old forms and customs remain in primeval vgoT and
ardency Of spirit. The Christian world has Topped oil 5000 years
in its calendar count, but cannot get away from many habits OF
thought and customs. Our Thanksgiving day is a pale retlec-
ton Of the Jewish new year. And whether living in tents in the
wilderness, or in the rich land Of promise, this custom has been
followed and perpetuated in honor OF the same God who has
been worshiped BY billions of people throughout the ages, whether
called Jehovah, love or Lord, The Jews have been faithful, and
have not died, nor will they while the fires of faith are kept burn
ing In their hearts. The ancient observances are a part OF their
beings, and will live with them, linking the present with the past,
and reducing the centuries to hours that may be numbered and
remembered In Memphis, as elsewhere, the doors OF their
temples were thrown open on this great occasion, and the gentle
and the publican were invited to enter. Contemplating the spec
tacle gives one a firmer grasp on the permanenee OF the things
of this world and of the next. Per ompia saecula saeculorum'
Such things make living in these latter days a luxury
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
WOmen's Committee
Widening Scope OF
Its Activities

The women of Memphis who are
banding themselves together for two
specific objOcts-law enforcement and
civic improvemept-rwill hold another
important meeting Monday afternoon.
The organization Is the result OF sew
eral meetings and has thus far been
known as the central committee OF
women. Committees on bylaws and
other matters are working upon organ
iVatioR, and II is eaid that some. plan
is e be worked out through which It
jsin, although the first plan was to
| contine the membership to wonleffs
clubs, church societies and Guilds.
Applications for membership have
come In SO rapidly that It Is evident
! that the membership is to become city
wide and 1t Is probable that at Mon
days meeting 1t win be proposed to re-
name the committee SO as to Indicate
more properly the extent Of It's mem-
bership and the scope Of its proposed
activities.
with a recent address by Capt. George
health service, and have asked him TO
draw up a tentative ordinance provid-
ing for the licensing and inspection OF
ali hotels, roonling houses and beard :
Ing houses, with a view TO their periodic
inspection by the health n sanitary
that such licenses ma be Cancelled on
proof that any form of immortality is
knowingly permitted, The ordinance
will be aimed, Of course, at certain
lodging houses of the lower class which
have long been under suspicion. Such
an ordinance would be In line with the
demands OF the women that members OF
their sex shall be appointed on the
police force,
The committee as organized is non
partisan, and It's promoters claim 1t
will not be permitted to take any part
whatever In politics.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
OKtM5PaT
~ Coy K:NoaNoa:
A LITTLE SLICE o. LIFE,

Ont ~ a THAT he owed something to society
There is a man Being wise, he replied.
Who always invites Ives, /! do owe sometnlnS
His butcher To society, that's a fact,
And his butchers wife But not as much as l owe
Every time he has q party NY butcher" Az Of which
At his house, Goes 10 snow pat -,
IT Is quite a nifty gwA. Inc ne n. :. Q = Is
Social set s"et r vs HeE@t Hitting on Twelve
That this man affects, Cylinders, and some @
And the nifty social set lHefty thinkers
Grsw az ~ hi neeyed Like this man are Learning
And reminded the gentleman To partially solve 1t.
TALL. GRASS REFLECTIONS.
A town without a brass band is like a family without ghoao-
|graph. 1t is liable to worry along and have q pretty good time IN nle
Bud Perkins is SO stingy that he stole a ham SO that he could be
sent to the county Jail and get a haircut for nothing
Another thing that Job never did was to try % unseTeV the 1op
>" : There is about as much secrecy about a courtship in a town of
l. 200 as there Is about a magazine explosion aboard a batheship. AS
soon as a Teller and gal are seen together in an ice cream parlor folks
begin to wonder when they are going to git married.
MY GROCERY.
The cash | spend In food each day
Evokes a string OF words from me;
& ] count them oyer-the bills ] pay
My 9rocery-my grocery.
Each egg a gratt-each pruna q snare
TO make my life one daily grind;
add each list unto the end, and there
0 memories of feasts long past
My duty plain / cannot doubt;
To Yield each meai-and strive at last
Walter Puit1er.
su Us 70 %e %s'e on to % sfssi%o . Always have beer.
HA. Hal
In the Regina Saskatchewan. Post we find Chr9nicled the return
after a brilliant overseas service. of Lieut.. Eoef Laugh
Going to war with Mexico?
Whoa! Just one moment, one only.
Boy, please page the league of nations.
.o x a nit 9s sna1 a recent appeaPsn nose !: aw a1AaSSaT ID ! exchange good .
twopassenger porch swing for a baby carriage"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
WILL DISCUSS PLANS
FOR ATHLETIC CLUB

Plans for the organization of a new
athletic club to be conducted on mod
ern lines, with ample athletic equip
meut, a large dining room, and other
modern accommodations, are being dis
cussed again.
THOSE In touch with the growth of
amateur athletics in Memphis during
the past few years believe that such
an organization would receive much
support and that 1t is needed for the
fuller development of clean amateur
sports,
The governing board Of the City club,
which has discussed the matter several
times, has called a luncheon meeting
for Monday noon at the Chamber of
Commerce for a general discussion of
the proposed plans,
Among those invited are the presi-
dents OF the Chamber of Commerce.
Rotary club, Lions club, Kiwanis club
and a number OF other civic clubs,
Those who have looked into the sub
ject believe that a club organized on
proper lines would attract a member
shin Of several hundred.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
Hoo.wILp.
To The News selmitar

To The News Hcimitar;
Thousands Of dollars are now being Of
fereH for a hog. Abe Martin should rise
to say, Who remembers the time when
a big hog could be bought for $l0?"
With the world going mad, commer-
cially, and getting rapidly away from
the inspiration OF mental achievement
ana spiritual progress, We should not
wonder that wen the despised swine
should engross the attention and en-
compass the whole ambition Of some
men who live only TO win dollars.
II Is all well enough to improve live
stock, and 70 keep pace with science
In that direction; but when men do
these things, not to see how many chill
dren can be made pretty and fat from
eating hog meat, as a result Of much
learning about the beast that caused
AAron's dishonor, but to enrich them
selves in dollars, painful nausea gathers
about the gastric region Of those who
have no hogs and, perhaps, little money,
and who, Unfortunately (2) have de-
voted themselves to tasks looking to
the elevation of human kind, in which
the hog, either as a hog, or as a thing
having a monied value, has no place.
SO strong is this hog fever that news
papers are persuaded to allow elaborate
space for ADVERTISING king hogs' prince
these things bringing from $4,000 TO
$50, 900, hog worship is coming to
eclipse that OF the golden calf.
l once read a story of a man who
woFshiped a benign human face carved
by nature on the face OF a great
mountain rock, As time wore on the
worship transformed the face of the
worshiper into a perfect likeness Of the
| thing worshipcd.
Constant thinking of hogs may have
a like result, l have no doubt that
constant thinking Of the grosser things
Of life tends TO bring the thinker into
harmony and slmilitude with them. l
have In mind two Of the most promi-
nent hog enthusiasts in the South, who
are daily becoming more and more like
Berkshire bears, both in personal re-
Semblanca ard character. While they
can say on the Instant what a certain
bosr's get Is worth on the market.
they don't know the difference between
btclorate OF notash and the plan OF
salvation. Between the rattle Of
money and the stencil of the pig pen.
they have an utter contempt for the
man OF brains, who sets his pure life
Upon ~elevating influences, as opposed
the bestial in manor pigology,. But
Pigs Is pigs J. B. WEBB.
ross.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
Majestic.

Enid Bennett. who Is featured in
Thomas Fl. 1nce's latest Paramount
photoplay, stepping Out which now
Is being shown at the Majestic theater,
will be appreciated In more ways than
one In this picture. Aside from the
story theme 1t Ia a matter Of film rec
ord that Enid Bennett has been rapidly
stepping out since her debut In film
land,
Some of her more recent ~photoplays
that have attracted very favorable
comment are Partners Three The
Law OF Men" and The Haunted Bed
room" As has been often said, Miss
Bennett Ia from Australia, but she
Is a typical American girl and loves
everything about this country,
She owns an automobile and spends
all her spare moments absorbing. the
beauty Of California. She says " she
ever gets a vacation she Is going TO
travel aeross the continent In an auto
mobile, making many side trips.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
Moving Pictures
Strand.

Jess Willard might have taken a tip
from Charles Ray and trained for his
big battle by wrestling egg crates. In
his newest Paramount rtcraft-lnce
film, The Egg Crate Wallop," on view
1t the Strand theater this week, Mr.,
Ray has the role OF Jim Kelly, assist
ant to the village express agent. A sum
OF money Is mysteriously stolen from
the express company's safe. and Jim
Is accused of the theft. He thinks Dave
Haskell, his boss and his sweetheart's
father, Is the guilty person and leaves
town to cover him up.
In Chicago he becomes snarrlng
partner for q pugilist and at the last
moment steps in the ring to substi-
tute for a crooked fighter and lands
the victory with his egg crate wal
lop.' His opponent proves to be the
man who stole the money-a fact which
Jim discovers In an Ingenious fashion,
Colleen Moore and a competent cast
support Mr., Ray.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
LOTS CAST FOR CHANCE =.
TO SLEEP ON TABLES

Men matched dollars THURSDAY nssns
for the privilege OF sleeping on tAp3SS
in the lobby Of the Y. NJ, q, a nv
tables were al occupied, two men 70
table, as well as all the easy chars All
settees. Cots had been placed n ~
the Railways and every available slssp-
ing place was used, and then many I'd"
to be turned away.
s. NJ. jackson, secretary, 10 remain
ing on duty all night this week L. MAKE
the guests of the HY' as comfortable a.
possible and to assist strangers IN tlho-
ing rooms in private homes when pos
sible.
AT II o'clock Friday morning eVsry
room and cot at the ~" had been re-
served for the night. Mr., jackson sp.
peals to every resident TO notify him ~
that the guests OF the city during the
fair may not be compelled TO walk the
streets at night for the lack OF q place
to sleep.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
Mods
s. eJolts a4.d Jcsls
#2 Slipped Past
EVNThe Bltac Pencil

The Linden avenue car line, between
the hours OF 9 and Z a. M, continues
to hold the palm as the champion car
rier OF dusky citizens. The splendid
service which the Memphis Street Rail-
way company Is rendering to It's white
patrons at SIX cents a head was strik-
ingly illustrated again Friday morning.
Count OF noses and check OF ticket
register revealed that a No. 407, ar
irving at Main and Madison at 6;55,
carried a total OF 100 passengers, of
whom 10 were white and 80 negroes.
White passengers getting on The car
iammoa ' mass Of hlash 4 pS wb1eb a eRl
tended toward the front OF the car ia
the second seat.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
N SAILORS BODY.

NORFOLK. Va. Sept. 26.-The body
" q naval warrant officer, identified as
that Of s. ]. Bristow, a -pharmacist's
mate, AT the Hampton Roads naval
operating base, vas found yesterday
hanging from q limb of a tree in a
thickly wooded section Of Ooeanview, q
nearby summer resort. Physicians said
death had occurred three CT four weeks
ago, and tho coroner pronounced 1t 4
rsSe Of suicide,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
Rig YAM YIELD.

HICKMAN. Ky. Sept. &c. (Spl)-
Sam Wilson, of near Hickman, has a
iS-acre patch Of sweet potatoes four
miles out from Hickman, which is
doubtless the largest crop Of this kind
in Fulton county. Present indications
are that the WELD will be enormous
with 4 production of around 5000
bushels, Figuring this at prevailing
prices, II reaches a figure far beyond
cotton and corn crops and prices.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
WHY, PHIL

Phil NJ, Canale, well known local at
torney, will have 20 go further before
we can elect him 10 membership in the
club Although Phil owns q plantation
10 the point Of referring to him as "at-
torney and planter Not yet
BeCause--in talking with James Brett,
circuit court clerk, Phil expressed as
constituent when Brett spoke OF his ne
groes on the farm digging up peanuts.
Digging them up!' exclaimed Phil
amazed. 1.-THE deuce, always thought
peanuts grew on BUSIEST
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
Princess.

A mystery story that grips you at
the start and holds you fascinated un-
til the end of the picture Is The Haunt
ed Bedroom Thomas II. Inee's latest
Paramount picture, starring dainty Enid
Bennett, which is nov being shown at
the Princess theater.
With q grace and feeling does Miss
Bennett portray the character Of the
newspaper reporter who is assigned TO
ferret out a ghost mystery that has
aroused q Southern community, The
actions of the weird and mysterious
being are logically explained with rea-
son for every apparent invasion from
the spirit land.
Bray's Photographs are added.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
w~~~r-
ROAD DISTRICT
IN LEE COUNTY UPHELD

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Sept. &c. tSnl.l
THE house late Thursday afternoon,
after a two hours fight, defeated Sena-
tor Wards bill to repeal ar act which
created the Delta road district in Lee
county, His bill also would have Gre
ated y district embracing the eptire
county, The vote was 80 for and 81
.-al-,k
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
PuRLIC DISCUSSION
B CARD FROM FATHER or
DEPUTY MARSHAL WEBSTER Z


To The News Scimitar:
take this method Of thanking the
many friends and good people Of Mem
phis for the many kindnesses shown to
the family Of my son, Q. r. Webster,
United States deputy marshal, who was
recently killed In that city. iour hearts
60 out in true gratitude and apprecia-
ton also for the friendship and service
rendered by the good people OF Tunieai
Dundee and Iatla, at the burial OF my
o We shall always retain a warm
place In our hearts for those who were
so kind to us, both in Memphis, Tuui-
ca, Dundee and Lula
=. d, WEBSTER,
Walden. Miss.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
HAVE YOU SIN sTElLA7

There Is one p~ecullarity about stella
the marvellous painting On exhibition at
the Tri-State fair with the Johnny Jones
shows. stella an almost everyone
knows, Is a lady wearing slightly less
than nothing a. all. She Is a marvellous
work Of art, We are told this peculiar
ity existed when the painting was ex-
hihited at the Frisco fair, too.
"Stella' Is peculiar for the reason
that she forces every married woman
who accompanies her husband to the
exhibit TO say exactly the same words
az every other married woman Those
words are;
Come on, John. let's leave here"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26

There was a young chap named Nc
Gruder,
Who loved u sweet giri. and he
wooed 'er,
But she threw him down hard,
When he reached the front yard,
He liked onions, and couldn't de-
lude 'er.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
HOTEL CHANGES N

WATER VALLEY. Miss, Sept IS
(Spl.l--The Oak Hall hotel has just
been transferred from DIR. and Mrs, =.
d, Addington to Mr., and Mrs. w. II.
Shlppy
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26
BHr THgY DID.

A news item says that the sheriff
Of Cooke county arrested jewellers who
had damned up corn liquor which he
was pouring into . gutter And, al
sumed the jewellers then damned the
sheriff Of Cooke county.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26

II may be our vivid imagination. but
after having visited the fair we cannot
get away from the fact that there seem
to be far fewer stray dogs on our city
streets.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26

and North Carolina are quarreling about
interstate auto thefts we can see nc
hope for a reconciliation such as was
effected between the COWS Of N. and
s, Carolina.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26

oo.oo.EEEI

II remains to be seen whether or not
Col, Bacon will bring home the bacon
on the sixth Of November.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26

NOT SINCE JULY I,
Now that the governors OF Virginia
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26

Not being a physician we hesitate to
state that Bacon may cause Williams
a severe Paine.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-26

GWiNG a Boz SEoRE EfN
Nus FtRST CLoSE Up OF HIS
fAuo4,TE BALL PLAYER yuIT
AS n+Nv Gu4 LGlAuey ne
ClU6HoUE AL poIIEu Up
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-10-18

HOLY NAME, CATHOLIC
Corner Seventh and Kansas Ave.
Rev. p WtlwerdinS, Rector.
Early mass at 8 a. m.
Late mass at 10 a. m.
Always glad to have you with us.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-10-18
GREAT PROSPECTS AHEAD
FOR CHlCKASHA

| have been telling you when the
League Of Nations was ratified
Chickasha will start Now it is GER
tain. Let's get behind President VIII
son and uphold him. He will do the
rest If we will do our bit
We must learn how to handle lit
tie things before we can handle big
things. | have all kinds Of rabbits
to sell from 81 to $25 each, pedigreed
and registered rabbits and some that
are not.
| want to buy your rabbits if yau
have any to sell. ] will be prepared
soon to furnish You any kind Of
treatment for sick rabbits Come and
let me teach you how to raise rab.
bits and have a bank account You
can raise 10 rabbits for what it costs
to raise one chicken.
J. S. DOWNS RARelTRY
213 N. 9th St., Chckasha, Okla.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-10-18
ST. LuKE,s EPISCOPAL cAuncH
chamberIaIn,a corah Remedx

This remedy is intended especially
for coughs, colds, Group and whoop-
ing cough From a small beginning
its sale and use has extended to all
parts of the United States and to
is enough to convince one that it is
many foreign countries This alone
a medicine or more than ordinary
merit. Give it a trial AMI you will
find this to be the case.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-10-18
POSTERS FEATURE DRIVE
ONE NAMED "THE SPIRIT OF
AMERICA" BY ARTIST.
Foremost Painters Portray Greatest
Mother in the Wsrld" and
Red Cross Nurse.

The services Of some of the fore.
most artists in the country have been
obtained in connection with the Third
Red Cross Roll Call, November to II.
Posters by Howard Christy and Has.
kell Coffin are features of a prelim-
mary text poster campaign that is
being inaugurated
The Christy poster is entitled "The
Spirit of America" silken flag
the National Colors-forms the back.
ground-a front of which stands the
appealing figure of a Red Cross nurse.
At the bottom of the poster is a large
red cross and the inscsiption Join"
The Red Cross nurse is also the
subject of the poster by Coffin. This
is in pastel shades and portrays one
OF the merciful workers with arms
outstretched in supplication. The
poster bears only the inscription
Third Red Cross Roll Call" Another
poster has to do with the better health
program of the Red Cross and has the
Greatest Mother" as a background 10
a text which reads Make our Red
Cross in Peace as in War - The
Greatest Mother ip the World"
More than 10000 window displays
are being prepared for use in mercan-
tile stores throughout the country.
stores in the larger cities
have promised to feature these dis
plays during the Roll Call period.
Special moving picture slides and
notion news pictures have been
.rranged for and will be provided for
lse prior to and during the campaign.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-10-18
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST,
SCIENTIST.

Services at GIG iowa avenue.
Reading room, No. 507 fifth floor Of
First National Bank building.
Sunday school at 9:45 o'clock a. M.
Lesson sermon at II o'clock a. m.
Subject of lesson: THE Doctrine of
Atonement."
Testimonial meeting, Wednesday
evening at o'clock.
Free reading room open to the
public every afternoon except Sun.
days, from to o'clock D. n.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all services.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-10-18
A TRUE PROPHECY

The cold weather has arrived
and everyone is wondering what
became Of their summer wages.
You should worry when you
can walk upstairs and save $5
on Serge and Tricotine Dresses Of
the very latest styles. A line Of
coats of the same type and Geor-
gette Blouses better than the
best.
To appreciate our merchandise
and prices you must visit our
shop and be convinced Of this saw
ing.