The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-18

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About one year ago the former political ear of Memphis elected the
Within a short time after they had been seated he found he could not
He Immediately threw the city commission into a turmoil which has re-
The collar he Sought to place around the ncrks of his s%l-odopted pro,
t'seI :" as mt% STAMP {" fn " %"%9 p h failed ad t" fit ,a4 Gov. IL. nnn,t ,nn,,;r
made of his own hcncmcn.
The collapse of his latest effort smg deeply through his supposedly
politically ahMy nr t hide %, IL" cried for 'vtri"utio" There was but one way
He went back to the "orignaI TWENTY" who in Nashville a few months
ago tried to Jan. the me-m" power Plan down the threats of the citizens
lie was with the "origml twenty" tnm. He is with them still
The records will show that the Present police department, as a whole
tn civ" '% efficient ssttry HG %T II" foo ""nx G %y til" ~'y very machine ma him" created g%tJ
bv the former political ear who nov speaks of law and order through the
clique of his newest alteration, Sugar Paine and his cohorts. All they
HN" present nS RESIDENCE Sections Of the ~t rHI in "I 1885, S9"t two YEARS. @r% after Hr he took
office. prior to this he had already extended %M ed tr, sewer an syst systems in South
Memphis %I and Nv was a then extending tTt sewer systems to the entire city city: .u,ms
miles, Of n paved streets .t tat the E JOB "Ms we'll done. Main street. paved UNI
der his T%a aamm n3tm ATTIC .E stnnd t t11 Wa a tribute to his nj, work. work, ,n .#r Of N.m.
p pms its its milk milk n msp" yt%Hs d%T"rt tG Kansas City, IN much Ge ,G larger t tnn no M[nr
subscription. Joe Williams did it years ago without any bonded indebted
Are our hotels indecent? Perhaps the thousands of Missssippims who
contribute 50 much to the financial Welfare Of our fair city: and who daily
fill our hoshlies will extend you a Vote of thanks for the Implication that
they, while our %. guest, , have put Pt nH at 4isrcputnHIr places of abode abe e. ~
moment of extreme foresight, and for which a mob of angry taxpayers
years ago of r s"4Ent TO ~ Hn %n H% " RT t%%Ey . HHIG%d! 70 We T%. r% %o go" noted t" "f 3 "%v-
You blame Mr.. WlHlanlS FOR amy and all mPtfNCrclCS you charge exist
with the present city administrations We say to you that the former political
car whom YOU have seen fit to take into your fold, is directly responsible.
You say booIcggcrs have been umolsted. We say to you that if there
have been any "sapcgoatS' they have been of the poorer class, for it is the .
rich patron Of the bNtIeggcrS alone who have gone frcc-the patron who
could afford $75 a case for liquor and feel immune because of his social or
business position.
You say the present system Of fines and foMctmcs "makes Of law en-
for1nont a mockcy and a SHAM We say ask the former political cIr
with whom YOU are affiliated. 1t is a brain child Of his pattern, born in 1919.
The records will show that immclabe arrests have been made within
the last year on charges of conducting dh~rdcry houses, more so in fact,
than is general in cities the size Of Memphis.
We say to YOU that in me respect you speak a truth. One respect only.
Promises and platforms ARE easily broken. Sugar Paine and his followers
have made none. Consequently they are taking n chances. The Williams
ticket has the nerve to say what it stands for, and what it intends o do when
elected.
Can YOU afford to take the word Of Sugar Paine? He betrayed you once.
Is there any just reason to assume that he won't bctay you again? AS far
as his war record is concerned all he ever did was to put his feet under the
table with the powers that bm) and fix food prices.
We believe that or city IS A DECENT city in which to live, and W re
believe that or ncighbols TO the south and west, who, you might say, are
almost citizens Of Memphis, who visit us daily, who sit at our tables, Will
be the first ones to defend the fair name Of the Queen City of the North
American Mic
Your future lies here:
| WILLIAMS