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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
PREACHED WRONG
CREED TO PLEASE
MORNING PAPER


undated letter, written either before or
after the passage Of the bill. was di-
rected TO tho least influential members
Of the delegation, Hanover and Galella,
in order 20 keep the record straight.
Another Referendum.
But the mayor and his associates.
who found time to go bird hunting"
and slip off to Nashville TO solicit the
help Of the governor in defeating the
city manager hill before the legislature
convened. and while the mayor was In
sisting that he was not opposed to the
hill. did not find time to go 70 Nash
vile 10 make a fight against the utili-
ties bill, which he claimed to oppose
In the face Of the pledge upon which
the administration was elected and the
pledge upon which the legislative dele
cation was elected, Dr. CIark's state
ment that they are now demanding an
other referendum, Is timely. lie spoke
as follows:
I'm our responsive reading ~ last
Sunday We had a sentence that may
he used as the basis of what | am
about to say. II was this, Many are
ignorant through want Of knowing how
u AAHltls " lltll w tAAlNl'fl NlIHA -
norance is perpetual childhood; that it
makes for idlcness, which c%nEenders
every vice, we are moved to eudeavor
to get knowledge, which means that
We must cultivate the art Of listening
10 what the other fellow has to say
not that We shall do as ne says. but
that we may know why he acts in a
certain manner, and thus be friendly
NTH It,, DIthttvuh lao lpEg moi tln &c
we do.
THAT Lesson is especially needed at
the present time, when the city is di-
vlded into two factions Oh the subject
of the proposed city charter, which
has been enormously called the city
manager plan Of government, but
which, Judging from the articles Of
the proposed charter, ought to be called
the peoples plan of governing them
selves 1t offers the people the first
chance they have ever mad to actually
run their own city.
Meets Approval,
Right here let me say that I try
not to take sides in fractional disputes,
believing il to be the duty Of a preach
or to serve the entire community. in
stead Of just a portion Of it. But since
preachers are expected to stand back
Of the government in time Of war,
which | think is wise, since 1t is their
duty TO advise the people to keep the
peace, which I think is wise, since
1t is their duty to advise the people
TO obey the government. which ! think
is wise, then in Gods name, why
shouldn't the preacher have something
TO say regarding the government that
they must ask the people to obey?
However, Il is not necessary for me
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
LEGAL NOTICES.
NorlcE.


THE Memphis conference of the Pen
tecostal Holiness church will hold its
annual Bible conference with the Olive
Avenue Pentecostal Holiness church.
March 6-16. Rev. ]. H. King, general
superintendent, will conduct. Public cor
daily invited,
FIVE DOLLARS reward will be paid.
for information hat will locate my
boy, 16 years old, so I can bring him
home. Name Willie Wilson, black hair,
gray eyes. Mrs, Carrie Floyd, Potts
Camp, Miss. r. F, D. l.
ARE you In u or 90 you wish to
help others in trouble? II so, attend the
noon prayer meeting of Central Baptist
church. which has been run every week
day since jan. 19, 1914. ,
BEN cox. Pastor.
LIBERTY bonds bought at highest
prices.
BOND CASH EXCHANGE.
Union & Planters Bank Bldg.
FAMILY WASHING.
Everything at CSC a pound.
BEULAH CARTER, Phone W. 1901.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
Urges Wide Scope.

II hope that the discussions Of this
conference will take as wide a scope
AS you may think necessary. Z We are
not met to discuss any single or nar-
row subject, We are met to discuss
the proper method Of restoring all the
labor conditions Of the country to a
normal basis as soon as possible, and
to effect such fresh ALLEGATIONS of labor
and industry as the circumstances may
make necessary. | think | can testify
from what | have seen on the other
side Of the water, hat we are more
fortunate than other nations in respect
to these great problems, Our indus
tries have been disturbed and disor-
ganized-disorganized as compared with
a peace basis. very seriously, indeed,
by the war, but not so seriously as
the Industries Of other countries; and
1t seems to me, therefore, that we
should approach these problems that we
are about to discuss with a great deal
Of CONFERENCE.-THE a good deal Of con
fideuCe that If we have a common pur-
pose we a realize that common pur-
pose without serious or in|surmountable
difficulties.
THE thing that has impressed me
most, gentlemen, not only In the re-
cent weeks when | have been In con-
ference on the other side Of the water,
hut for many months before | went
across the water, was this; We are
at last learning that the business of
government is to take counsel for the
average man. We are at last learning
that the whole matter Of the prosperity
Of peoples runs down into the great
body Of the men and women who do
the work Of the world, and that the
process of guidance Is not completed
by the mere success of great enter
prises-it is completed only by the
standard Of the benefit that 1t Confers
upon those who in the obscure ranks
Of life contribute to the success of
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
Will Keep Pledge.

Il am interested In the new charter,
Just as | was opposed to the practice
in city manager governments OF going
to other cities for n manager, because
! am interested in the spiritual deVel-
opment of every individual within the
corporate limits. | want to see all men
ard women have the same chance to
grow that others have, Likewise, II We
do not exercise the function of govern
ing ourselves, We win lose the power to
do so and become an easy prey to the
first monarchial influence that asserts
ITSELF
ITO repeat, let me say that since the
people are absolutely without power un-
der our present form Of government,
and since the proposed charter gives us
power to do with the government as we
please, 1t seems to me that everyone
who believes in liberty should accept
the proposed charter, and then let all
Of US set ourselves to the task Of maxi
Ing y bigger and n better Memphis,
bigger and better because what makes
a city great Ia not q few great corpora
tons but a large number Of manufac-
turing and selling institutions, presided
over and worked In by men whose ac-
tons to their fellow men reflect the
love OF God that Is In their hearts"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
ASSURES
GOVERNORS j. {.
WILL AID STATES
,COntinusd From First Page,

eral government is TO do what IL is
trying to do in a conference Of this
sort-draw the executive minds Of the
country together so that they may
profit by each Others suggestions and
plans, n SO that We may offer our
services to coordinate their efforts In
any way that they may deem it wise
to coordinate. In other words, it Is
the privilege Of the federal government
IN matters of this sort to be the SER
wants Of the executives Of the states
and municipalities n counties, and
we shall perform that duty with the
greatest pleasure II you will guide US
with your suggestions.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
Power for People.

Let me remind YOU that the pro.
posed charter gives the people 10Y er
to change tho charter to suit them
selves. Let me also remind YOU thai
under our present form Of government
the pe0ple are almost as helpless as q
new horn babe I have been told that
Memphis has had as many as -four may %
ors IN one day, noue Of whom was
elected by the, people. and over whom
the people had absolutely no control
Under the proposed charter the PEG.
pie are actually given control Of the
city; and II they should so desire. they
could again reIlnqulsh their rights and
turn them back into the keeping OF
the public utility corporations-to the
gas crowd, for instance, who give us
rotten gss-that pops out while we are
cooking our meals-and charge US two
and three prices for II. That is a point
we must always bear In mind whenever
the question Of the new charter Is
brought up. Under the proposed charter
the people would have absolute control
over their deStlnies. Il offers them
the right to surrender their liberties
whenever they wish. So, II they should
chose to nounc the referendum, the
proposed charter gives them the power
to do so.
Therefore. since both factions say
they want the referendum, it seems TO
me that our Legislators can please ev-
erybody by giving Memphis the new
charter, then those Of us who would
like 10 make certain changes in II can
do so in deCenCy and in order,
In a sermon Of three or four weeks
ago I discussed u certain practice Of
city manager governments which did
not appeal to me. At that time | said
absolutely nothing against the proposed
form OF government. Now that | have
read the draft | want to give 1t my APP
prevail, not in it's entirety, of course,
but as a whole, | can see changes
that | would like to make, but | accept
II in its present form because it gives
me the right to help make those
changes after It has become a law.
"a am Interested In the new charter
because Il gives the people the power
to Initiate laws, to pass upon those laws
and also to recall any and all members
Of the council whenever they shall fall
10 keep their pledges or to work for
the best interests Of the community. At
the present time the people have abso.
lutely no power over their city. Three
men are masters. II may be that none
Of them have even been elected by the
people, but only by retiring members
Of the council; nevertheless, these three
men are masters, The people are help
less, Public utility corporations can
treat US as they please, and all we can
do Is to submit to that treatment,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03

islo tOkD touring car, tires new, car
Herff Motor Corp. 2sS Monroe ave.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03

after the passage Of the bill. was dI-
rected to tho least influential members
Of the delegation, Hanover and Galella,
in order 70 keep the record straight.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
LOST AND FOUND.

Everything at CSC a pound.
BEULAH CARTER, Phone w. 1870
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-25

@ 81 TYPE OF BRH
NORt AMI ro I
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ord Crowned by Victory in the Argonne Forest

1--we in the advance trenches. Accli-
matization. 1t was.
One of these trips occasioned our
first casualty when Lieut.. Paul
Knight was slightly wounded by a
shell splinter. lie was probably the
first in the Seventy-seventh to wear
wound stripe. Private StaE.ey Belon
OF Company I, 30Sth. was our first
fatality. He was killed by long dis
lance shell.
During these days the men learned
that whether or not the French pock-
etbook was empty It had n Cavernous
opening. Light wine prices fcrmentcd
overnight from three francs. or about
sixty cents a bottle, to six and seven
"Hoofs"--eggs-we about 10 cents
each.
The boys paid with good grace. After
all. there were few things purchase
bile in a typical French village. And
II the French prices We're somewhat
excessive, these people had been COM
PEELED to pay dearly during the long
years Of war
On June We left billets for our
first long movement the whole
length Of the front. This was our
! swan song To tho british After five
weeks of training with them British
equipment was turned In, British tao
tics were discarded. And we were soon
to undertake French methods.
Eleven days ON the hike with "A three
deys train trip in between was to
make veteran bIlleters out OF the men
and, at the same time, teach them that
every soldier has feet---good. dcpcnda-
BILE feet, II he be wise.
Beyond lay Lorraine, the Nosgcs
| Mountains and our own little slice ot
| front And almost AZ once came tho
test, when Yank and Boche met in
| the same trench.
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gion; for training was not to be
aba ndored.
WarluZel, Sombrin, Bavincourt, Hum
bercourt. Avesnes-le- Comte. Gouy-en-
Arto!s-these are some of the familiar
names. And Saulty. In our own I'M
mediate outfit Saulty was TO be re-
nlsInoered sa4k use II was over and
around this village that Boche bomb
ers frequently flew. Almost every
night they came over. trying, as we
heard, for ammunition dumped in that
vicinity.
Where bombs Fell Thick.
Doullens. too. as bomb waste
basket, was not altogether unpopular
with the enemy avions. At first a
night raid was n spectacle not 10 be
missed. IN our own battalion no one
had forgotten one OF our last nights In
Zutkerque. when the only drill field
available had been turned into a put
ting green for medicine balls. Eleven
huge craters disfigured a landscape
where before platoons had executed
perfect ION rights" and "lefts into
line"
As time familiariEed us with the dis
tinctive hum of the Boche engine his
night 'vis!tat!ons lost their favor Of
novelty ana became irksome sleep dis
turbers.
But there was novelty elsewhere.
Many of the officers and men made
friends among the II, r. c. fiiers Mt an
aerodrome near by and that meant first
ascents. Baseball and boxing with the
holidays. One night we spent in re-
serve trenches on a practice relief.
And twice a week, for three day
periods, ono officer and two or three
sergeants from each battalion would
be detailed on what We called Cook s
Tours to the Front" There they would
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Continued from Fourth Page.

mortar We're the last word in thor
oughness. And at the same time their
courteous officers had a knack OF
presenting instruction so attractively
that the keen receptiveness Of the
men was actually augmented.
The introduction OF the British En-
field rifle was particularly unfortunate.
as later events showed. At Upton Just
one man in my platoon of fifty-eight
had ever handled a military rife when
we gave them the old Springfield--the
beloved 1908 model. Only two others
had ever fired any kind OF rife pre-
viously. Next they had been issued
the 1917 Springfield. And now It was
stu stranger piece" whose project
ing magazine they balanced uneasily
on their shoulders.
A good marksman should be as
familiar with the feel" of his rife as
a touch system Btenographer with her
keys. And quick EXPERIENCES comes
only after long usage. Yet about n
month later, after short, inadequate
rife ranges had been improvised. fol-
lowing many importunate negotiations
with the French farmers. and the men
had become somewhat familiar with
the weapon, the British rifles were
taken away. and the original 1917
Springfields. battered and rusted from
negligent storage. were returned. 1t
was disheartening. to put 1t mildly.
Toward the end Of April about half
the personnel Of officers and nom
CONS were shifted from their COM
panies to nearby English schools OF
the Second British Army. The courses
lasted two weeks. and our sergeants
and corporals came back with a new
lore. each proud Of his own speciality
In the process Of efficiently eliminating
human life.
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We will shoot up the bloody Hun
As It's never before been done.
All the Boches will hit the timber
When they see us first unlimber---
With our brand new materiel.
REGIMENTAL HISTORY.
oh, first we went to Baccart to learn 10
fight the Huns,
And all we did was eat and sleep; we
never worked tho guns;
The Germans never fought by night,
they never fought by day
A quiet place to learn to fight was up
In Reherrey!
CHORUS.
Home, boys, home, it's homo we ought
to be,
Home, boys, home, in the land of lib
ertee,
For the ash and the oak and the sour
apple tree
They all grow together up in North
Amerikee!
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Oh, then We went to Farm des Danes
across from old Bazoche
And took up a position for to harrass
Henry Boche,
But Henry shelled US night and day and
gsssed US in between
As hot a spot was Farm des Danes as
any have seen.
Then we went across tho Vesle and up
TO Vauxcere,
The doughboys tried to catch the Hun.
but he was on his way,
But when We settled in the town he
ranged US to a dot
And every time he wanted to he dropped
one on tho spot.
Then the Wops relieved us and we went
out south by west.
And hiked from Fismes TO Menehould
with never any rest,
We took up a position on hill above
Chalade
With all the big and little guns the
IT. g. Army had
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you feel quite unnecessary. Or, Jolly
we'll uncomfortable" Personally, l
didn't "go white" as I might have
anticipated. But did feel suddenly
as II some one had hung the Their
mometer over the kettle spout. I
hoped that il the BriWsher noticed my
heightened color ne would interpret it
as a blush--for the poor Boche marks
mansh!p, or something.
About a hundred yards down the
road French youngster had wit
messed the incident. He was doubled
up with laughter now.
"Voila, les Amcricdbes! Les off,
ciers nouredur!" he was shouting.
New ofiicers." I thought. How does
he find it so mighty amusing? That
from himself"
Two hundred yards nearer the line
we passed an old French peasant,
beating out oats by hand at the edge
OF a big field. That field was pitted
with fresh craters and their number
was being increased internationally
under our eyes. Through the crops
ran a network of artillery liaison wires.
Yet there was the old mamie must
have been 70--plac!dly at his lone
harvesting, began to understand the
laughter Of the French entant terrible.
| They were Injured to this life that
might at any moment be death. these
French. No calamity was too great
not to be dismissed with a long suffer
ing: TITS war"
An officer of the 303d Engineers
mockingly chided a 10-year-old
/ French girl one day. your mouth
Is dirty, ma p'titc'" he said. "C'cst
Ia gnerrc, M'sieui" she replied.
What eulogist is not dumb before
such spirit"
Returning that evening We got a
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And you come along and gum the whole
damn he ~.
What dye mean by walking on the win
tel wheat?
When you know the thing Is defenduH
Major, It was but field of weeds
VOLTA, Captain, you so where tho MAJOR
leads"
What dye mean by walking on the win
ter wheat?
When told you to guide me!
HIkED.
(Tune: Drunk Last Mighty
(This song originated among future Of
ficers at Plattsburg)
Hkcd last night,
Fl liked the night before.
We're going to be hiked tonight
Az we never hiked before.
When VIC hike It always rains or SHOWS.
Where we're hiking to the Lord only
knows.
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lift to CaSSel In the cannon or an Eng
lish machine gun captain. We had
heard that casualties among British
officers were heavy at the front. This
particular officer might easily have
been a casualty at the rear. He drove
that machine over a mud glazed road,
into The tSeth OF TnioroKen, fasal go
ing traffic as II ne wanted all four Of
us mentioned in the "2d Lieut., Ex-
cept Where Otherwise Stated" list.
swerving out OF the radiator Of a five
ton truck playfully to bump two
French bicycle infantrymen into the
ditch was only excuse for more speed.
enjoyed that ride less than did
the first whizzbang.
Before we stole into quarters after
midnight my young Irish friend in
British Uniform launched into an in
vective against England and all things
English.
And thus l slipped into my bedding
roll. pondering the feasibility of put
ting tho lid on Independently.
The Division shifts.
|, With the middle OF May came a
shift for the division. This time It
was a nights train ride from Elan
6ers. south through the Depal tnel,t
Of Pas de Calais and into the Somme
Rumors had been of an interesting
nature when orders came to move. A
movement was always cloaked in the
profoundest mystery as to destination
We were heading for the Sommc
That our compasses told us. And the
Somme at that time was a word with
which to conjure. 4 Boche drive was
expected ut Arras. And it was to an
area about twelve miles behind Arras
that We went. as reserves.
We detrained at Mondicourt, the
railhead east OF Doullens, and marched
five or six miles to our training re.
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IT HESE are the real war songs OF
the Seventy-seventh Division,
New York's Own-the songs
that sprang up OF themselves. in camp,
on the march. as genuine soldier songs
generally do. THE SUN Is indebted for
the words to Capt. J. NJ. Loughborough.
SENDING THEM OVER.
You keep sending them over: we'll keep
knocking them down.
Planting them under the clover, six feet
under the ground.
Send every Hun, no matter how tall
The bigger they come. why, the harder
they fall
You keep sending them over; we'll keep
knocking them down.
vEsLE AND ARGoNNE.
tTune: Lord Godfrey Amherst.")
Tho Three O. Four Artil-lerie that halls
from old New York
IL a regiment that everybody knows
Tor we started down in Upton In Sep
TENDER, IT,
And we lived through the Yaphank
SHOWS
Yes, we lived through the Yaphank
SHOWS
Then or across the ocean we were
shipped with all our men.
They were soldiers loyal and true,
And we shot up all the Huns that ever
came within our sight,
And we looked around for more when
We were through. ..,-- -. -. ......
Chorus:
o the Vesle and the Argonne,
They were names known to fame in days
Now forever made glorious
OF yo-o-ore!
BY the flghting of the Three-o-Four.
But now the war is over. for the Dutch
men had enough
Yes, too much II the truth he told;
OF our screaming high explosives and
our shrapners deadly rain
All the world knows they're laid out
cold
And the worlds glad they're laid out
cold
And for our gallant regiment. among
the first to fight.
There's a big time coming some day
When the ocean ferries get around TO
carrying US homo
And we sail past the Statue up the
Bay
(Chorus as before)
MATERIEL
fTune: when I Get You Alone To-
nightly
when we get our materiel
Then the horses can go TO nell.
when we slip into high how the old
y dust will fly!
Chug. chug. chug-watch us 30 by
when we slip them the nrst big shell
How those Germans will run and yell
They will wish they were In heaven
\ when they hear our four-point-sevens.
~ When we get our materiel!
Caterpillars will pull-us through;
There Is nothing they cannot do
with n great many clanks Wen shoot
past the tanks!
ChuG, chug. chug-just watch the
Ysnksf
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The Second started hell FOR leather rid =
ing over France,
They Tiled to catch the infantry, but
never had n chance:
McDougal got a section up and got II
damn well hit
And then the Boche decided II was time
for them TO quit
We get a lot OF rumors and we hear
n lot of dope;
The sergeant tells the corporal when he
has cause to hope,
And still we practise fighting and liai,on
IN the mud,
And every rumor that We get turns out
to be a dud.
Oh. now the war IL over and we'll soon
be safe at home,
All sitting In Bustanoby's and blowing
of the foam.
Tho Germans fought dirty war and
raised lot OF hell.
But when they got the Yankees goat,
then they were S. o. /.
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potash values contained in thi. dust.
The company took his advice and in
vestigated. Now the Portland Cement
Company is manufacturing chiefly pot
ash, obtained from the smoke dust by
the Cottrell process. and is only maxi
ing cement as n by-proGuct. A rev
and profitable means Of getting potash
had Keen discovered.
a recent statement issued by the
Bureau Of Mines here bears on this
phase of DR.. Cottrelrs work. 1t is as
follows: