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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-28
REVELATIONS NOT GOOD
PROPHECY, SAYS DOCTOR

CHICAGO. Nov. 2S,--Dr. Shirley j.
Case, professor of early church history
and New Testament Interpretation In
the University Of Chicago. has dropped
a bombshell among the orthodox
churchmen and theologians OF the coun-
Try.
In "The Revelation Of John" his new
volume published by the University Of
Chicago Press, Or. Case declares that
John was n failure as a prophet and
that Revelation Is a dream hat did not
come true and has no application to the
present or future,
John p~rophesled merely the downfall
Of the Roman empire. according to Or.
Case, John had been moved TO right
eous wrath by the prosecutions OF the
early Christians under Nero, Caligula
and Domitian and his apocalyptic vision
Of the overthrow of the imperial state
was a sort of imaginative revenge. lie
believed his prophecy would be fulfilled
IN tho century following his w time.
But II was not fulfilled until several
centuries latAr and then in a way en-
tirely different from what John had
predicted. John wrote his prophecy be
tween 30 and % AID. in the closing
years Of the reign OF Domitan.
This new view Is contrary ia the
accepted belief OF orthodox church peo-
pie who still hold to the doctrine OF
the literal divine inspiration OF the
bible, They believe Johns prophecies
foretold the end Of the world and are
yet to be fulfilled,
II think today said Dr, Case, that
part OF the unrest over the globe, the
inability OF millions OF people to settle
back into their old orderly pursuits and
their seeking after spiritualism and new
sources OF consolation are due to the
recurrence OF the old haunting despair
Of the human soul TO which the term
premillennialism has been applied, Pre-
millennialism In based ON the admis-
sion that nothing Is OF any uso after
an. | believe II this old DOGGY could
be forever laid. If not only ignorant
| people but millions OF earnest and de-
vout men and wmen could put this evil
dream out OF their minds, 1t would
have "A world wide quieting effect, Fear
OF the end Of the world In the last 1000
years has been based on Johns prophe-
cies entirely and has been u palsy on
the human spirit.
John may be called the Bolshevik
Of his time. He was a puritan pessl-
mist, Despairing Of any relief from the
prosecutions Of the emperora for his
fellow Christians, he hurled MS prophe
ely Of destruction Mt the Roman state,
II the old iconoclast had dared, he
probably would have written his sym
holical diatrihe plainly enough for all
men to understand and in hat case,
latefNchurChmen would never have mis-
interpreted II RS a prophecy OF the end
of the world sttll to be fulfilled some
time In the vague future
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-28
Births.

o. Cecil and Rose Kavanaugh, lll3
Azalia. Nov. 90. boy.
Charles j. and Mary Wheeler, 1911
Union, Nov. %. boy.
Rem D. and Fannie Carter Blake, $3.50
Shelby, Nov, rs. boy.
win and Lille Scott Roseborough,
Senatobia, Miss, Baptist hospital, Nov.
%. girl.
Sedden and Sarah Perkins Allen, 1873
Harbert, Nov. %, boy.
Aaron and Rolekie billiard Dean, 7O9
Washington, Now Is, girl
James j. and Bertha Woodall Ham
ilton, 1872 South Cox, Nov. "a, boy.
George and Bette Holloway, 224 Del
Ia, girl,
Lucius and Georgia King Armstrong,
1853 Provine. Nov. 10, girl,
John and Monte CrutChfield Harper,
General hospital, Nov. "a, boy.
William and Mary Jackson Miller, GOT
Edith, Nov. "a, girl.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-28

ments in the history Of human thought,
was how, At a point meeting OF the
Royal society and the Royal Astronom-
teal society, Sir Joseph j. Thomson,
former Cavendish professor OF expert
mental physics at Cambridge, charac-
terized the result Of the observations
obtained at the total solar eclipse in
MAY. 1913.
These observations were claimed by
Sir +. W. Dyson. the astronomer royal,
and Or. A. g. Crommelin. assistant at
the Royal observatory at Greenwich,
as the proving that the rays of light
from the stars are DETECTED In their
passage past the sun, owing to gravita-
ton. and that the DETECTION accorded
with the theoretical degree predicted
by Or. Albert Einstein. the famous
physicist, as opposed to the amount Of
bending indicated by the Newtonian
law of gravltation.
As a result. IN the field Of phil
osophiCaI thought. Or. CrOmmelin said,
space would no longer be regarded as
extending indefinitely in all directions.
II they went far enough, they would
ro-uter the same ground. SuclidtHn
straight lines could not exist in Or,
Einstein's space. They were all curved
and II they travelled far enough they
would regain their starting point,
MIR. de sitter estimated the radius Of
NIhle III ABOUT wv WV WV. wv NiltlNo WV
distance from the earth to the sun or
IL, O00, 600. 900 light years, The fourth
dimension had been the subject Of
vague speculation, he said, but they
seemed Nat last to have been brought
face to face with II,
The president Of the ROYAL society eX-
pressed the conviction that DR.. Elm
STEMS theory must ~ he reckoned
with and that the current conception
" the fabric Of the universe must be
fundamentally revised, subsequent
sneakers mostly agreed in accepting
the results drawn from the photographs,
which had been taken at SobTal in North
Brazil and at the Island of PrincipL
Off the African west coast, OF the sun
ohsCured during the eclipse and OF the
bright stars which happened to he In
tho immediate vicinity. one or two
speakers, including Prof, II. +. New.
an. Of Cambridge. were more reserved
and questioned II the phenomena
might not be due to al unknown solar
atmosphere further In extent than had
been supposed and with unknown prop
critics. a..
During his speech Dr. Crommelin said
though the results were fairly cOnClu-
siyc, the question Of revising Newton's
law of gravitation was ~ such tunda-
mental inheritance that consideration
was already being given to the next
total eclipse In September, 1922. Two
Of the consequences of Dr. Einstein's
theory, namely, the motion Of Mer-
curv's perlhelion and the bending Of
light by grav'tation. might. however,
be looked on with great probability as
established, but q third consequence was
"a shift Of the lines in the spectrum
toward red in a strong gravitational
field. The effect in the solar spectrum
would amount to one~-twentieth OF an
Angstrom unit, and this effect mad been
looked for unsucoessfully. II this were
final, Or. Einstcin's theory would need
revision in part but the parts verified
would remain.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-28
STARLIGHT ALSO
SUBJECT TOLAW
Of GRAWTATION
Rays From Stars Are Bent in
Course Through Solar World
by Sun, Declare AStrOn-
OmerS in England.

LONDON, Nov. 2s.-"rhe greatest
discovery in connection with grayita-
ton since Newton enunciated that prln-
eiple and one Of the greatest achieve
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-28

Lady Anderson, wife Of Gen. Sir Ed
win Anderson, has been decorated with
the order OF the British empire for her
work during the war. Since peace
came she has been aiding tho families
OF soldiers killed In battle. Gem Alder
son commanded a Canadian corps in
the war.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-28
Charter No. 2121. Reserve District No. 8.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
CENTRAL-STATE
NATIONAL BANK
A. Memphis, In the State Of Tennessee,
at the Close Of Business, on
Nov. II, 1919.

RESOURCES,
Loans and discounts. in
Guiding rediscounts .......St,S12, 99S 10
o~verdrafts, unsecured. .,.... $3.50
Customers. liability account
Of 'ACceptances" exc
cuted by this bank and by
other banks for account Of
this bank, and now out
q, i Govern '''''
tiles owned;
cure %circuia-
bonds par
value) ...,...S 5000. 10
Pledged as col
lateral for
state or 9th
or deposjts or
bills PAYABLE, ESQ 900. 90
Owned and un-
pledged 351. zoo. 10
War Savings
Certificates
and Thrift
Stamps ac.
tually owned, sss,g7 sb1 bGg 67
Other Bonds,
Bonds Cother
than u, :.
bonds) pledged
10 secure nos
tai savings
d~enosita Bs mn m
Securities, 9TH
or than 4. s,
bonds mot in.
Guiding stocked
owned and un.
pledged -. 100 600 % 1877 non NJ
qtncly - ITaaoro, psns- ''''''''N
l bank Sso per cent Of a. Ann ~
suusoilp''u h..'',,,,,. @''ooV'VV
value o. banking house; = oo, N
oMheu ~ unlnCu'"peteu oaV'o"V'VV
MA estats o"leu o'ReF ne oo.o
snan panhlng nousen,',' @o'o'Seo
ilMiut reserVe WIN req r.Ao.O.
reraa nssssFe nSnh - osV'Vs'' ~
s~ssn 81
Me as rnsa,,,eI ~ ooo 900 A.
Sash IN vault and net
tional banks 49,, slt,teO.O2
Net amounts que rom
Oahks Dahkers ana trust
e~VNnpshies Notner man
,%ncluuea IN Items H. o,.o
hkehanges Tor clearing
mouse t,,.,,,''"''''''" SbA'S27,2S
Iotal OF Items
II, - 10, 49,,
outside OF city or town
OF reporting bank and
other cash Items. .t,,.. 80, 1879 AZ
Redemption fund with U.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-28
NO HOUSES FOR NEWLY
WEEDS IN CITY OF BERLIN

BERLIN, Nov. 2s.-Berlin's dwelling
bureau has notified newly married per-
sons that there are no houses or apart
ments available Tor then and has ad-
visedp them to live with their parents
or other relatives until the present
dearth Of dwellings has been overcome.
The bureau also has advised lovelorn
couples to postpone marriage until con-
ditiops improve.
The new consular Officials and en-
tente commissions are meeting with diff
ticulties in finding suitable quarters.
2,500,0 900 marks to improve the situation
in that city with respect to the short
age of homes,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-28

FOR SALE-Ford runabout, good 0 m
dition. Apply rear s09 Auto company,
ssb Washington venue
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-28

state OF Tennessee, County of Shelby.
i. r. T. Crenshaw, cashier Of the
The above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement liz true
10 the best OF my knowledge and belief.
n. r. CRENSHAW. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
thia aeth day OF November, 1919.
u. OPPENHEtMER,
Notary Public.
S. T.. RAGLAND,
7. y. MATHIS.
JNo. R. FLIPPN,
Ditectors
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-20
Annapolis News.

Well, February 18th, 14th and 18th
were all fine grounding days. To-day
is bright and clear.
Jesse II. Pierson and Leslie Middle
ton Of Funk and Daffron Branch were
in town to-day. The former, recently
returned from a training camp, has
purchased q riding horse from Mr.
Middleton.
Last Wednesday there we're fifty
two wagons unloaded ties and props
in Annapolis-1152 ties. What town
can beat it? And there seems to be
no letting up. The business Is grow
ing all the time. There is q lot Of
lumber brought here for shipment.
Stevenson & Stevenson, of Lone Hol-
low Mills, A. Reese and Ed Moss, OF
Black River Mills, w. 4. Keathley, of
Hyatt's Creek, and VIM. Bounds, OF
Colyotte Hollow, Robert Lewis, of
Bear Branch, Ed Funk, Of Funk
Branch, and Walsh Tie 90. and Seals
& Miller of Crane Pond Greek all have
mills and ship their lumber from this
place. Then the new automobile road
starts building March 1st, aud 1t Is all
Tut certain a shaft will be sunk at the
mines this spring. Looks good. No
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-20
The Red Cross Class in Hygiene.

Seventeen women have already
given their names to Mrs. r. w. Gay,
Chairman of our committee for orga-
nizing a class in Home Hygiene and
Care of the Sick and Home Dietec-
les. Arrangements are being made
by the Department in st. Louis to fur
nish a Registered Nurse to teach the
class, and as soon as they haye a nurse
for us the class will be started. There
will be an afternoon and evening
class, possibly two days in the week.
There are fifteen chapters to the book
which will be studied. At the conclu-
sion of the course an examination will
be taken, and those graduated who
make a grade Of rs per cent. To in
struct women in the simple princi-
pies of personal and household hy-
giene, so that the homes of our coun-
try may be centers of health, is the
purpose of the Red Gross in offering
this course Every year in our own
country thousands of persons, many
of them babies and children, die,
merely because some one, in many
cases a woman, is fatally ignorant OF
the laws governing sickness anc
health. Not only the m~others.of oui
community are urged to join the class,
but high school girls and teachers.
MRS. MILFORD RIGGS,
Publicity Member Committee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-20

mar need come here for work and go
away without a trial job, as there is
sure to be work here for three or four
hundred men by August.
The two aeroplanes that passed ov-
er Annapolis February 9th are said to
have fallen in a lake in Arkansas and
all the occupants drowned. There
were two a%eroplanes reported found
in a lake in Arkansas the next day
after the planes passed here.
Sam Moss is mending very slowly.
They also have a very sick baby.
Walter Pennington came home from
IN army camp Sunday and Roy Simp-
son arrived from the Navy Friday.
Don't know how long they are going
to remain.
s. Kitchell has been named by Gov.
Gardner as an honorary delegate to
the MIDI Continent Congress for a
League of Nations to be held in st.
Louis, February 25th- 26th. 1t would
be a mighty nice trip but the old gen.
tleman declines to act and suggests
Joe Reyburn as his substitute.
The assistant postmistress' name is
Lille JONES. She is very competent
and some of the young men call regu.
larly for their mail three times a day.
Geo. Brown of Leeper has bought a
mule team from Lawson Hughes O
Sabula. Mr.. Brown will work the
team in the gravel pit at Leeper for 81
a day.
John r. Kitchell of Oklahoma will
visit his father here about March 1st.
/ am informed that two tame GROUND
hogs belonging to the Walsh Tie Com
pany at Crane Pond, that went into
their holes at burrowing time last fall
have not yet come out. Now when il
ground hog day?
Lots of ties, car material and min
ing props loaded out of here the pas
week.
1t is reported to your correspond
ent that Add Reese, u Presiding
Judge of the County Court, has pur
chased properly, west of @. Collins il
lronton and will remove thereto soon
Who, then, will run the hotel ant
store here? BULLETIN.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-20
Our Soldier Boys.

VIM. 9. Clifford, Co., D, 10 Engi-
neers writes under date of January
20: HThis leaves me well. Don't
know when I will get to come home,
but hope it will not be long. When
you see in the papers that the 35th
Division is coming home you will
know l am coming. / ate my Christ
mas dinner in a French town, and am
in the same town yet. Have had one
letter from Claude, but it has been
over a month now since / heard from
him.
Private George Lee Abrams, Troop
d, 9Th Cavalry, writes to friends at
Vulcan under date of January 10th:
sJust got back home after q furlough
during the holidays. l met Alvey
Tal!ey in San Antonio On my return
to camp and spent the day with him.
Private William L. Duncan, Co. l.,
4th Infantry, A. E. F., writes: ~ do
not know when / will be able to come
home. ! am here in Germany now, in
a town named Misenheim. The houses
are all built Of stone and brick and it
is a very nice place, but not as good as
the old U. s. A. I am staying in a
German home, Have nice bed to
sleep in and electric lights. / can lie
in bed and turn the lights on without
moving my head. We had about 8
inches of snow here, and suppose
you have had a lot by this time. l
have not heard a word from my folks
since the 18th of September. Tell all
my friends I would like to see them.
Hope Ralph Davis is home by now,
for / know you want to see him."
Sergeant o. f. Rieke, of the SD In
fantry Band, now stationed at East
Potomac Park, Washington, D. O.,
writes: II never saw 80 many Grip
Piles in all my life as there are in
this town. They are all soldiers re-
turned from the front, and don't ever
let any one tell you that the American
soldier was not in the thick of it over
there, because they were and they
showed them allhow to fight. An or
der came out lately making us wear
the silver service chevron. We did
not want to put them on, because II
only denotes that we we're in the war
at home. or course, 1t was not our
fault that we did not get to 90 and we
would have been there now If it hadn't
been for that old Flu.n
Private Louis r. Robinson, Battalion
Scouts, l38th Infantry, writes on jan
uary 10th: 81 received your letter
Of December %. The one thing we
all think OF is when we will come back
home" (The 36th Division has now
been ordered to prepare for early re-
turn, and Louis and the other beys
are no doubt rejoicing.)
Private Joseph Efinger, II Co., 111th
Infantry, 26th Division, after receiv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-20

ing honorable discharge, is now visit
ing Ills people at Pilot Knob. Private
Efinger was indicted into the service
from East st. Louis, where he has liv-
ed for thirteen years, and sent to
Camp Gordon. After a six weeks
training he was sent across in a Re-
placement outfit. He took part in
many minor engagements and trench
raids, but his first big battle was in
the Argonne Forest, where he was
wounded on September 9th by q high
explosive shell, being struck IN the
hip and instep. The same shell kill
| ed fifteen and wounded fifteen others.
After staying in a hospital in France
until Christmas Day, he started toward
the United States. He heard the well
come news Of the signing of the ar
mistice while in the European hospi-
tai. His wounds have almost healed.
He still walks with a limp, but thinks
that even that will be overcome in
time"
A letter has come from Mechanic
Walter N. Calvert, from Fiume,
Austria. He says he is we'll and likes
his work fine.
s. E. Twomey, who has served siz
months at the United States Naval
Aviation Repair Base at Eastleigh.
England, has received his discharge
from the Navy, and is visiting rela-
tives at Bismarck.
Private Allie Henson, Machine Gun
Company, I'd Infantry, Camp Dodge,
Iowa, was honorably discharged on
January IA and has returned to his
home at Ironton.
Edward Canter, Headquarters Co..
49th Infantry, SO Division, has return
ed from overseas to home at Pilot
Knob.
Edward Heider, Company E,
149th Infantry, has reached the shores
of his native land. He will be sent to
Camp Merritt, but hopes soon to nome
from there to his home.
Corporal Carl Gross, Go. F, 10th M
8. T. O., after receiving his honorable
discharge, has returned to his home
in Ironton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-20
Record of the Past
No Stronger Evidence Can Be Had in
~Ironton.

Look we'll to their record. What
they have done many times in years
gone by is the best guarantee of flu
ture results. Anyone with a bad back;
any reader suffering from urinary
troubles, from kidney ills, should find
comforting words in the following
statement.
r. Hotson, Russell St, Ironton,
says: II suffered severely from kid
ney trouble four years ago. When
the kidney secretions were passing,
they panied terribly and had aches
through my sides, hips, and over my
kidneys. fused Doan's Kidney Pills
and they relieved the aches and
pains.n
Mr.. Hotson gave the above state
ment in October, 1911, and On July 15,
1916, he added: "Doan's Kidney Pills
always help me when my kidneys get
out OF order and they are the best kid
ney medicine l have ever taken. /
am always glad to recommend
them.n
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for q kidney r~emedy-get
Doan's Kidney PilIs-the same that
Mr.. Hotson had. Foster Milburn
o., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-20
Public Sale.

The undersigned will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, at the
Livery Stable, Arcadia, Mo-, on
Saturday, March 1st, 1919,
beginning at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, the Stock
and Fixtures of the Arcadia Livery
Stable, consisting Of the following
property: A Horses, 2 Wagons,
3-Seated Hack, / 2.Seated Hack, !
Surrey, 2 Drummers' Buggies, 8 Top
Buggies, 1 Runabout Buggy, Trunk
Wagon, 1Oil Wagon, 2 Sets of Wag-
on Harness, 4 Sets Double Driving
Harness, 8 Sets Single Harness, 3Sad-
dies, onesFord Car and many other
articles too numerous TO mention.
Also so bushels of corn.
TERMS OF SALE-All sums under
$40, cash in hand; over that amount
bankable note. VIM. SELINGER.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-20
Taking War Pictures is Dangerous Work

va. Ha.# - NaM#
1t is probable that very few of the
hundreds of people who crowd into the
Academy Picture Theatre to see
"America's Answer" the second Of
fetal Government war picture, will
realize the time, effort and risk in
volved in the taking of the negatives
from which thrilling and instructive
picture was made.
|. The taking of pictures for the Unit
ed States official war films is thor
oughly organized. The pictures are
taken in different sectors by different
photographers assigned from the sig
nal Corps. These photographers, who
are all experienced men, knew exact
ly what is expected of them, and, be-
ing given carte blanche by Gen. John ],
Pershing to 60 anywhere, either back
of the lines or in the front trenches, in
pursuit of their work, they were indie
fatigable in securing striking and ef-
fective scenes. Often they were under
fire; several lost their lives or were
incapacitated by wounds, but the work
went on.
The work of the Signal Corps pho
tograpners is not confined to the TAX
ing of pictures for exhibition. Thou
sands of feet of film recording the
events of the war are photographed
for the archives of the United States
and will be preserved in freprooi
vaults for the benefit of posterity
But apart from this the army photog-
raphers served a tremendously useful
purpose by taking pictures of the
enemy's lines from airplanes and thu
aiding the batteries to locate the
enemy guns.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-20
PERSONAL.

D. E. Fletcher was in st. Louis Tues
day.
Dent Mckinney of Belleview was a
caller Monday.
E. q. Eastman was here from Pop
lar Bluff Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Bond came up
from Poplar Bluff Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Schwab and Mrs
W. 7. Gay were in Pennington Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs, W. r. Edgar will.
probably return home from st. Louis
next week.
A. 1. Willard was home from Cry
stall City the past week with a Sigh
attack of influenza.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-20
CROSS TIES OF VARIOUS KINDS WANT.
ED IN LARGE QUANTITIES.

The United States Railroad Admin
istration will pay high prices for cross
ties delivered at stations and along
the right Of way of the Missouri Pa
cifc Railroad. Ties will be paid for
within three to five days after inspec-
ton.
For specifications and prices call on
Agents or Inspectors, or write
E. e. GRUBB, Tie & Timber Agent,
1895 Railway Exchange Building,
st. Louis, Mo.