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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
NEGRO 6APTISTS HOLD
MEETING AT TUPEL0

TUPEJO, Miss, Oct.t .. (Spl)-The
state Sunday School convention and
the Baptists' Young People convention
Of the negro Baptist church OF Missis-
slppl, which are holding their conven-
lions In alternate sessions here are well
into their work. Plans are being laid
for a great growth of the denomination
among the negroes of the state.
d.. W. Rollins, mayor OF Tupelo, well
coined the conventions to the city
Wednesday morllng In an address
which was heartily responded to and
which was received with prolonged ap-
plause.
At the Wednesday morning session of
the Sunday School convention addresses
were maze by the Rev. w. u, Higgins,
OF Greenwood, president Of the couven
tion, and the song service was led by
J, II. Williams and j. II, Gayden. The
Bible. period by the Rev, A. A, ,Cosey,
Of Mound Bayou. was an important
feature Of the morning session. Other
addresses were made by ]. w. VIII
llams s.. l.. Curtis. q. w. Hall, A. w.
Washington, the Rev. u. d, Anderson,
J, u. Howard, w. n. Davidson, A. A.
Cosey and Il, h. Topp. The temper
ance sermon was preached by the Rev.
W. II. Gillian, Of Winona, assisted by
the Rev. w. W. Lindsey, Of Greenville.
Tho young peoples meeting was In
the afternoon and was presided over
hy Rev, GaNtlen, The praise service
was conducted by the Rev. y, w. Ward
aud W. Hopkins and the address was
delivered by w. w. Phillips. The
women'a section Of the convention also
held an important meeting Wednesday
evening.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
SOLDIERS LEAVE
PHILLIPS COUNTY
Small Guard Remains Near
Elaine. Probe Continues
for Grand Jury.

HELENA, Ark, Oct. part of the
force OF federal troops stationed here
and at Elaine Is u result OF the racial
disorders lnSthe southern part of Shii-
lips county entrained for Camp Pike,
at Little Rock, this morning.
A sufficient number OF troops will be
left TO preserve order and handle any
emergency, Major Cullen said. The
situation following the negro uprising
has become virtually featurelcss.
No formal hearings win be held In
the cases OF alleged negro leaders now
in custody. though Interrogation of wit
nesses by the committee Of seven be-
hind closed doors win continue and evil
dence thus obtained will be placed be-
fore the grand jury, which convenes
here Oct, 20,
Tho condition OF Ira Proctor, young
white man, who q wounded IN the
fighting last Wednesday morning OF
Hoop Spur, was reported considerably
improved by hospital officials.
Search for Robert h.. Hill, alleged
president of the Progressive Farmers
and Household union Of America, the
organization In which II Is said the
negroes were banded for tho uprising
which II has been revealed was plan.
ned, has been extended 20 adjoining
states, He was seen at Winchester,
his home, Monday night, II was re-
ported today, but Is reported to have
fled TO Louisiana
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
TWO FINE MATCHES
BILLED AT COLONIAL
Eight Players Enter Second
Round Of Women's City
Championship Tourney

Pairings for the second round of the
Women's city championship golf tourna-
ment offered two exceptionally inter-
esting matches for Thursdays play over
the Colonial course. The draw brings
together Mrs. David c. Gaut VS.. Mrs. r.
NJ, Guthrie and Mrs. Kenneth G. Duff
field VS., Mrs. Paul Towner.
The gallery has picked Mrs. Gaut and
Mrs. Duffield TO ride through success
fully to the finals and there to fight II
out to the last putt. Nevertheless this
Is no certain tip that they will escape
an upset for either Mrs. Guthrie or Mrs.
,Towner may arise and scatter the
beans.
Other matches include: Miss Minna
Beasley VS.. Mrs. j. S. Shortle and Mrs.
Ben Humphreys vs.. Mrs. w. r. Walker.
The eight players entering the second
round Of the championship, flight came
through the first days play with rather
easy times. Only one of the eight
games was close, Miss Minna Beasley
dropping Mrs. Ernest Bell l up in 10
holes, Mrs, Bell was romping along at
a merry pace, being 3 up at the turn
when Miss Beasley realized what was
happening. From that point on Miss
Beasley exhibited winning golf and vas
never stopped,
The losing eight of the championship
flight meet Thursday In the second
flight as follows: Mrs. F. T. Dooley VS..
Miss Marie Moriarty, Mrs. Ernest Bell
VS.. Mrs. c. J. Watson, Mrs. John
Hodges vs.. Mrs. Fowler, Mrs. J. H.
Venn VS.. Mrs. Jerome P. Parker.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
PLANS Of PACKING
PLANT APPROVED
Work Will Be Started at
Once on $4oo, 900
Institution.

The plans for the $500, 900 packing
plant Of the Memphis Packing corpof~
Atlon have me with the approval Of
the city health department, which, ac-
cording to the law has the authority to
pass on the plans OF all slaughter
h0uses opilt within n mile of the city
UNITS. Dc. J, l.. Andrews, superin-
tendent OF the department, issued a
permit for h erection Of the packing
house Wednesday afternoon.
The most modern and approved meth
DDS OF handling the sewage and waste
materials from the, packing plant have
been adopted, which eliminates all
danger to health from the disposal OF
The sewage, and all offensive doors
from the vicinity of the plant.
All waste matter and oifal from tho
slaughter house is to be drained Into
a large settling basin, where all solid
matter II sediment will be allowed to
settle, The liquids then will be drained
or, and diluted by the discharged
water from the plant amounting to $50
gallons per minute. This discharge will
be emptted into the body Of the stream
OF the Mississippi river, below the city,
where all trace of 1t will be lost within
The settling basins, together with all
blood viii be turned into drying tanks
ard reduced by steam to a solid, for
fertilizer. All fumes from the drying
tanks and from the fertilizer plant will
be drawn by powerful suction fans into
the furnaces Of the boilers to supply
draft for the fires, and completely con-
sumod by the intense heat before
passing out OF the smoke stacks, over
a hundred feet above the ground.
The site selected for the packing
house 10 said TO be ideal, and the SAINT
tation of the plant was worked out
and approved by some OF the best au-
thorities on the subject, and it Is
claimed that the residents and property
suffer none Of the Objectionable feat
ures which general opinion usually as
sociates with the location Of a packing
house.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
INQUIRY ORDERED INTO
HAZING AT ANNAPOLIS

WARRINGTON, Oct. 9-lnquiry into
reported cases Of haaing at the Naval
academy at Annapolis WAS ordered to.
day by Secretary Daniels. The secre-
tary's action followed the reported at.
tempt at suicide by two midshipmen,
which reports have said was a result
OF persecution by upper ClasSmen. Rear
Admiral Scales, superintendent Of the
academy, however, reported today that
Midshipmon Y. II. Settger, Of Lebanon,
Pr, who attempted 10 take his own
life on Sunday, had denied that his act
was the result Of haZlng.
The second rumored case OF attempted
suicide had not been confirmed. Mr..
Daniels said, and now IN being investi-
gated,
81 would have no hcsitancy," Seere-
tary Daniels said tonight, "in eNpelling
IL hundred midshipmen from the acad-
envy N I found they had been impll-
Gated in hazing Of any description. stu
dents and officers at Annapolis know
President Wilson's and my own views
on the subject | do not believe that
there has been any haElng at the navaI
academy but I Will do everything pos
stble to get the real facts In the case
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
BR|CKLEY'S KID
BROTHER A STAR
Arthur Starts Out Like He'll
Be as Famous as His
Big Bud.

The best drop-kicker who ever lived.
on the word of the greatest drop-kicker
who ever stood on a football gridlron.
liz being pointed for Harvard and win
enter college neNt fan.
Arthur Briekiey Is his name and the
authority for what sounds almost like
an extravsgant statement liz none other
than Charles Brickley himself,
When charged with hrotherly pride.
n one-time star of the Harvard back
field, who has never had an equal In
drcp-kicklng, replied
I'm proud OF the kid sure. But I'm
stating a plain fact that has been proved
N actual competition. We've started
together on the l0-yard line and moved
back gradually to the 40-yard line, and
as q rule I've been the first one TO
miss. He's a perfect wizard with the
football, and a better drop-kicker this
minute than / am.
He has picked up naturally, under
my coaching, what took hours and
hours OF practice for mo TO acquire.
Hardly a day passed for 10 years that
did not do some work with the foot .
ball and no Is as accurate and depend
able at II as | ever was. I'm not
boosting the kid-just watch him"
Arthur Brickley weighs t65 pounds
az III, and IL an athlete, but has never
played football. He has been In the
service OF Uncle Sam during the war,
~ were his brothers, Charley and
George, and now he liz AZ Worcester
academy, preparing for Harvard.
Two or three years K his football
mentor decided TO keep him out of the
game until his freshman year on col
lege rather then have him hanged IN
or get a bad start through the lack OF
proper coaching.
The boy Is so anxious to begin, how
ever, that Charley Brickley is now
wavcrinR, and II begins 10 look MS Il
Arthur Brickley would start on the road
to football fame with the Worcester
academy eleven this fall
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
ROYAL MACK COPS.

LEXINGTON. KY, Oct. 9.-The Cas-
Teton, for trotters Of the 2:07 class, was
the feature of the races yesterday and
went to Royal Mac after a gruelling
contest In which the favorite and Holly
rood Kate fought out the finish with
Murphy outdriving Dodge, the owner Of
the mare, The time OF the race was
slow, the weather being cold with q
slight mist falling.
The first race, the first division OF
the 2;0s class trotting. was won by
Tommy Direct, which took the first and
second heats.
Tho second division vas a drawn-out
affair, HArrod's Creek, the extreme out
slider, winning the second and fourth
heats In slow time, outstaying his field.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
Names Evans, Heron, Jones
and 0uimet in First Group.
Doesn't Rate Them Singly.
Personally FavOrS Jones.
eY JOHN O. ANDERSON.

This IL the time Of the year when
we take stock OF the various perform
ances by the different amateur golfers
In the country in order to rank them
as befits their play. In bygone days II
has not been an altogether difficult
task to name the hest l6 players and
put them in order with a minimum OF
adverse criticism. But II Is a far dir
ferCnt matter these days, indicating
that the game has been levelled up and
down 10 groups of golfers with few
standing out as admittedly superior.
In fact this eVenness was apparent
three years ago In our ranking, SO much
so that we prepared lists OF four groups,
arranged them in alphabetical order,
and let the golfer put them In his own
system Of arrangement as regards merit,
This manner Of treating the subject APP
peala to US again, and therefore we
win state the list Of names Of the best
golfers In groups one, two, three n
four, In the order OF excellence, nam
ing each group in alphabetical arrange
ment. IL seems to us that II Is abso-
lutely impossible to select any one, two,
or three golfers this season. for the
asous which will be given later.
Where Credit Belongs.
In making selections there are many
factors worth recording. The most
credit should 60 TO the qualifying and
the match play record OF the amateur
championship. Then come the sectional
championships, the team matches, the
open Journeys, club play and the like.
with the basis of each comparative
judgment With the records In hand,
then attention TO the scoring made In
matches, The kind OF opposition, the
nerve and resourcefulness and u num-
Der Of other minor matters OF which
fAa nralEAH htaRaA1f a.. "A IA hat 4.FhtHIa
tho spectator often misses,
Past records are indeed u buEaboo.
II Is almost impossible for any one to
make selections and not take into on
sideration the records in former years.
Il Is proper TO do this as a guide to
the years play Of that particular golfer,
But unless n Is very careful II will
act as a distinct influence not always
looking toward correctness, With these
explanatory words, therefore, let US get
to the naInes
Charles Evans, Davidson Heron,
Robert Jones and Francis Ouimet are
our out and out, choices for the first
four places in American amateur golf
this year, II Ia quite out OF the guess
ton TO place them in listed order. To
U way OF thinking the Southern chap,
Bobby Jones, has d record back OF him
which is rot equalled by any of the
others with runner-up positions in the
Canadian open, the Southern open and
the amateur championship, Playing LA
holes OF golf In two championships he
was led but n single stroke by a four
fold professional champion, James
Barnes,
1t is altogether possible that Evans
or Ouimct might have equalled the
scores made by Jones. But we do not
believe that either would have sur.
passed his record, Nevertheless we
would scarcely put him ahead OF the
amateur champion, Dave Heron. since
at match play Jones was handily de-
feated both by Nelson Whitney and
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
FIRST COLD WAVE
HEADED THIS WAY

\ decided change In temperature IL
the forecast sent out by the local
weather bureau Thursday morning. A
continuation of thunderstorMs through
Out Thursday and at night with colder
weather on Friday is the official an
nounccment.
Extremely cold weather is b~eing-felt
throughout the Northwest with snow
Mt several points. Helena, Mont, and
points In Wyoming and In Canada were
visited by snowstorms during the past
~ hours and temperatures as low az
IL degrees above zero were recorded.
Conditions in the New England states
and the North Atlantic states are not
unusually cold for this season Of the
year, according to weather bureau Of
ticiRls,
The extent Of the drop In temperature
FOR the Memphis territory Is not indi-
Gated by the weather bureau, its only
comment being the statement that II
would be much cooler here ON Fri.
day.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
BAPTISTS WILL
OPEN CAMPAIGN
WITH BIG sum
4. E. Jennings, of Central
Church, Will Give $4,000
of $4,000 AppoTtionment
Asked of That Church.

The Central Baptist church will begin
q drive on Nov. 30 to raise its $50, 600
superintendent Of the Baptist nation
wide SIS, 000. 900 campaign with a sim
sic subscription Of 10000.
A. f.. Jennings, member OF Central
church, who has already announced a
subscription Of $500, 600 10 the general
campaign, announced Wednesday that
he would subscribe an additional Sl0,-
600 through the Central church, to be
accredited TO its a-pportionment,
Shelby county's Bpportionment Of
$500 600 Is TO be raised among the SO
Baptist churches Of the county, and
does not include the 5000, 900 subscrip-
ton pledged by Mr., Jennings. II the
local drive Is a success, as the leaders
are confident Il will he, Shelby county's
contribution to the great campaign viii
exceed $500, 900.
Although the Central church will be
officially credited with only the amount
subscribed on its quota, II will have
the distinction Of turning in one of the
largest amounts toward the fund Of any
congregation IN the state. The c0ngre-
cation expects to exceed its $50, coo
quota, so that with Mr.. Jennings big
subscription. II hopes to turn In $500 600
toward the fund. or as much as the
total quota assigned to the county.
The Rev. George w Mcdaniel, pastor
Of the First Baptist church, Richmond,
Va, delivered a powerful appeal on
behalf Of the nationwide drive at the
First Baptist church Wednesday night,
where a mass meeting Of Baptists from
all parts Of the county will be held.
There will be 40 permanent peace in
the world until Christ Is recognized as
the spiritual ruler Of all men, Or, Me-
Daniel said in beginning his address.
He then outlined the great task con-
fronting the Baptist church, n TX
plained the plans and purposes Of the
$75, 100000 campaign.
Among the urgent needs OF the church
In the South enumerated by Or, Nc
Daniel were a ministers relief fund for
the care Of ministers in their declining
years; greater facilities for caring for
orphan children: the mission work Of
the church in home and foreign fields.
and the extension and enlargement OF
the facilities for caring for the SICK
through hospital work.
One Of the most important phases of
the campaign will be the movement to
enlist properly qualified young people
to take training for the ministry and
mission work of the church, DIR, Nc
Daniel said.
The meeting was featured by the
singing a. campaign songs adopted for
the drive by a choir picked for the coca
sion.
There was a very large attendance
and the greatest enthusiasm wa mani
tested, indicating that the campaign in
Shelby county will be very popular.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
LEGAL NOTICES.
Sale of Stock

Pursuant to an order Of the Chan
Gerry court Of Shelby county, Tennessee,
entered in the case Of Gilbert d. Raine,
Ct al, VS.. Union and Planters Bank and
Trust company, ct al, on July 2, 1919, Of
record In Minute Book I5S, page 3ls,
the said Union and Planters Bank and
trust company, as guardian OF the
said Gilbert D. Raine, will sell at pub.
lie cutlery, for cash, on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER Il, 1919
AZ 1900 noon, at the west entrance to
Union and Planters Bank ana Trust
company, one hundred shares Of the
par. value OF One Hundred Dollars (S100I
each, Of the capital stock Of The Mem
phis News Scimitar company. No bid
viii be received of less than thirty-fiVe
cents (35c) on the 81. 90.
UNION & PLANTERS BANK
& TRUST COMPANY,
Guardian OF Gilbert ID. Raine.
BY SAM HOLLOWAY Trust 0fficer
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
STATE LABOR FEDERATION
ELECTS YEARLY OFFICERS

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, oct. 8. (spl.>
The Tennessee Federation Of Labor
elected the following officers late yes
terday afternoon and adjourned: John
7. O'Connor, of Knoxville, president;
W. G. Birthwright, Of Nashville, sec
rotary and treasurer and general or
ganizer; David Handle, of Nashville,
chairman Of the legislative committee.
The remaining officers who were
elected were the following seven vice.
president: First vice-president, J. A.
Scanlin, of Knoxville; second Eice-presi-
dent, Matt Robinson, of the m~achinists'
union Of this city; third vice-president,
Rankin Smith, Of Nashville; fourth vice.
president, A. ]. Hobbs, OF Coalmont;
fifth vice president, P. p. Lynch? of
Soddy; sixth vice president, b. A.
president, F. A, Schultz, OF Memphis.
Jackson was elected as the next meet
ing place of the federation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
MARRIED FOLKS PAY
MOST INCOME TAX

WARRINGTON, Oct. 9.-Married
folks paid by far the largest proportion
Of the revenue derived from the in.
come tax during the calendar year
1917. but single men who are heads
OF families" and other single men also
contributed a considerable amount.
Figures just made public by the hu-
reau Of internal revenue show that the
net income reported by l.450, 1923 hus-
bards, including joint returns of hus-
band and wife. was $3.50, 1858 .S5l. Sep
arate returns were submitted by 20, 530
wives, their total net income amount
ing 10 1907, 045, T6S. Results We're sub
mitted by 70, 6SS single men and rs, 1858
single women who claimed the 81. 900
exemption on the ground that they
were supporting klnsfolk for whom Ii
was their duty to provide.
There were 1875. 263 other single men
reporting 81, 900 or over. their total net
income amounting TO $1,3i9. 7S4. gas.
From other single women, whose total
net tfcome was s558, 53s, 917, were re.
ceiye9 $3.50 returns OF 81. 900 and over.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
MOVE BEATS WALLACE.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, oct. s.
In a savage 12-rOund battle Johnny
Noye, Minneapolis lightweight, gained a
decision oYer Otto Wallace, Of Fl Paso,
Tex, last night. The decision was un-
popular with the fans who called for g
draw. They have been rematched for is
rounds on Nov. IS.
In the first Of the main events Mike
Ertle, OF st Paul, was held 10 q draw
by Jack Douglas, OF San Francisco. The
are bantamweights.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SEArns

MkBE-At ST. Joseph's hopsiial
Thursday morning, Oct. 3, 1919, George
Mckee, aged so years,
Funeral will take place from the par
lors Of Mcdowell & Monteverde tomota
row Friday) morning at $50 O'clock
o'clock. Friends invited. lnterInent. in
Calvary cemetery
JOHNSON-At HIS residence, l34t
Central avenue. on the morning Of oct
., 1919, at 9 O'clock, Harry T. johnson
ron Of the late Rev, Collins c, johnson
and Helen Jane Clark OF Windsor, On
taftn, Canada,
Tho DECEASED is survived by his WIFI
Miriam Bell, and four dauEhters, Mrs.
Andrew Johnson, Of St Louis, Mo; Mrs.
Everett Pidgeon, Virginia aud Mildred
as well as two brothers, w, u. and c.
|C Cole, OF MemphiB. Due notice OF
funefAi will be given.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09

Heron, He seems to be at his best
in medal play, which Ia another indt-
cation that his so-called hasty temper
Is rather much Of a legacy Of perform
ancest OF past years,
Herron's Steady Play.
1t is impossible to play eight rounds
In championships and not encounter
bad luck, which with u consequent los
ing of ones temper would mean the
loss OF additional strokes. Heron per-
formed In few Journeys this eason
n he scored lower than any II else
over a stretch of 10 days and played
better and steadier golf than II other
golfer at Pittsburgh. Few perhaps
would care 10 say that he deserved place
number one over the three other great
players, But he does receive II place
In the first group OF the country's best,
which Is a great honor when the rec
ords OF those players are remembered.
Pa~rtisanship alone will decide between
Evans and Ouimet, and II Is just as
well II we group them n let the flu
ture give a better answer, II there
Is any slight advantage II could well
go to Ouimet, whose record throughout
the season has been most formidable in
the way Of victories, His own triumph
over Evans In match play at Pittsburgh
Is discounted by the play Of Evans in
the open AT Brae Burn, where he fin
lshed In the lead over Ouimet by half
0 dozen strokes or SO over a four-round
play.
Evans play In Canada was wonder
full and II always is In exhibitionsl At
the International matches he and Out
met scored about the same, although
the latter had never before played the
course. II Ouimet had been In perfect
physical shape he would have walked
L--..- "a. Eh-4a - IA ..--t - -
tanned a number one ranking this year,
But we can not go back OF the record
that he was beaten by Plat In the
third round, One thing is certain. there
are no other which rival the
-four we have given.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
DEATHS,

Charles n Zoz, e., 81, Josaph's hos
pitHl, oct. 8; malaria, uraemia,
Or, X, l., Knox, So, 96S Linden, Oct.
7,tpinal neuritis.
/Charles n. Stovall. es. 81 West Col
orado. Oct 4: dropped dead.
7 A. TAYLOR. 50, Baptist hospital,
(Rector, Ark, Oct, s; cancer.
Bessio Martin, 40, 163 East Carolina,
Sept, 26; lockjaw.
lula Blackman, 10, 422 North Manas-
sas, Oct, Z; atrophy Of liver.
Lottie Ewing. Gil, 1424 Emerson, Oct,
z, naraiysia
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-09
MARRIAGE

Martha Blanche Darnell to John
Richard Price, Alice Irene Campbell to
George Edwin Butler, Carolyn Webb
Woods to David Cummins. Katherine
d. Skinner Il William Il. Irvine, Alma
Lee Thompson TO NJ. G. Williams, Mar
guerite Emily Wesche TO Robert Ed
ward Herring. Elsie Gaines to William
w. Mccoy, Ida Lorena Yeates TO Will
liam George Abbott.
Roselle Lee to II, NJ. Giles.