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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-02
HOROSCOPE
THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1919.

VOTSONI d Va
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Jupiter rules strongly for good during
the early hours Of this day, according
to astrology. Saturn and Mercury are
in benefic aspect. In the evening Mars
Up to early afternoon the rule is be-
lieved to be especially profitable for
commercial transactions and for plans
for big business.
All the signs seem to indicate much
prosperity and great activity in manu-
featuring and in mercantile pursuits Of
all sorts.
Those who read the stars ~foretell five
full years to be followed by leaner
years and for this reason they counsel
This is a fortunate sway for those
who lay plans and desire to obtain a
hearing for them.
1t should be a lucky rule for farmers
and for real estate dealers. Gain Is
assured from the earth.
There is a sign believed to affect the
scale of wages and this Is interpreted
to show that there will be no decrease
for some time to come.
The stars supposed to affect the eco
nomic affairs of humanity are in as
poets making for continued high prices.
Leather Is subject to a sway that in
wear It. ~
Venus is fairly inspiring during this
configuration. Love affairs that remain
on the level of medium happiness are
we'll directed. but all who are romantic
will find discomfort.
Jewels, gloves and perfumes, as Well
as the clothing that women wear, are
likely to bring great profit today.
Persons whose birthdate 1t Is should
guard against accidents. There nav
be lawsuits. Money and business az
fairs are we'll directed.
Children born on this day NAV be
rash and hasty, but generous and kind.
These subjects Of Cancer may meet
with many changes in life.
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DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
COME INTO THE KITCHEN,
BY DOROTHY DIX.
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

Not a bond. Not a share Of any kind
Of stock.
And he left a frail, delicate. middle
aged wife, used to luxury and ~extrava-
gande, utterly incapable Of making her
own living, and doomed to be an un-
welcome dependent upon relatives who
have already all they can do to sup
port their own families.
inc poor woman was crushed with
grlet over losing her husband and
frantic with dread Of the bleak and dis
maj future that awaited her,
~ never thought that John would
die, she kept moaning. and then she
would wiring her hands and ask frantic
ally. oh, why didn't we save some
thing"
And n could but wonder why not,
indeed, for death comes to all, and old
age comes to all. They are the two
escape, and how any human being can
be foolish enough not to try in some
way to prepare for them, passes all
comprehension, Yet we see people
spending as they go, laying up moth.
ing for the evil day that is sure to over
take them.
This is worse than folly. 1t is a
crime, because the spendthrift does not
lhlure himself alone, nor suffer alone
Tor his folly, He forces innocent peo-
pie to pay the reckoning for his self
indulgence.
The IA and woman who spend their
money in their w extravagances,
knowing that when they get sick and
get old someone else will have to pro-
vide for them, are just as dishonest as
II they stole the money u of other
peoples pocket books. They trade upon
family affection and family pride to
prevent themselves from being sent to
the charity ward Of hospitals or the
poorhouse. and are uncuncerned about
taking the bread u of children's
mouths, and rohbing old age OF the
comforts It should have.
The %spenders admire themselves for
their generosity and the carelessness
with which they fling money about.
perhars they saw themselves In
their true light as thieves and grafters
they might have more respect for the
homely virtue Of thrift, which is the
foundation of honest self respect. sue.
cess In NE and comfort in ones old age
copyright 1919. Ivy the Wheeler syn.
dictate. Inc)
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MAGAZINE FEATURES
NIGGHX 8
likBEDTINE' STOHY
rNCLE WIGGTLY And NM POLLYWOG.

taken to the big pond. where all the
frogs have gone, | wouldn't be so sad,
| could swim there until my legs grow
Dear me-" said Uncle Wiggily,
THAT is sad I'VE heard about you
pOllywogs. First you're Just little black
| specks that come oHt Of frogs eggs.
Then YOU grow two front feet and a
tail, and finally your tail changes into
hind legs and then YOU turn INTO frogs.
That's IT. piped the pollywog,
only my legs are so slow in growing
Still, If | could be taken TO the pond
to which the frogs hoped I'd be
happy"
Then you shall be taken there"
cried Uncle Wiggily kindly. you never
could get there without legs, but, polly
wog that you are, without legs, III take
you in my auto"
"oh, but ! have to stay in water all
the whileI' Croaked the pollywog who
would some day be a frog.
Il can manage that" spoke Uncle
Wiggily, I'm fill my tall silk hat with
water, It's an old one and will come to
no harm. My hat fun OF water will be
just like a goldfish tank for you, and
in that I'll takeN you to the big pond
where the frogs live"
How kind you sre!' warbled the
pollywog.
Uncle wiggily filled his tall silk hat
with water, and placed 1t on the floor
Of the auto, In back, neal the molasses
jug, Then he put the pollywog very
gently into the water in the hat.
Before | start off would you like a
taste Of molasses7" asked the bunny.
II should love IT," gurgled the polly
wog.
So the bunny gave the little black
pollywog some molasses. and then, with
the queer Creature swimming around In
the water In the hat In the auto, Uncle
Wiggily started off, Soon he reached
the big pond to which all the frogs had
hoped after they had stopped being
pollywogs.
Here you are, Polly" cried the rab-
bit gentleman, to the little friend In
his tail silk hat. Here are your
friends" And, as he lifted the little
creature out, the pollywog cried;
"oh, Uncle Wiggilyl My legs have
grown out. My legs have sprouted
and grown, and, now I'm a real frog
hop with them, and l never shall be
lonesome any more. Thank you so
much! ] guess the molasses you gave
me made my legs come out!'
Uncle Wiggily scratched his pink,
%twinklinE nose and said he guessed the
same thing.
And I'm, real glad" he added, Then
he put the pollywog frog into the pond
with the others, who We're very happy
to see their friend again and next the
bunny went home with the molasses.
And the gingerbread cake was very
good. SO II the shoelace doesn't try
to crawl through the %huttonhole, while
the rubber boot Ia walking upstairs
with the hair brush, I'll tell you , next
about Uncle Wiggily. and Fourth OF
July.
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Two United States warrants charging
robbery of the postoffice in Humboldt,
Tenn. and one capias have been issued
against Dominick Masino, r. f. Will
son and James Corners, three men ar
rested by the police Tuesday In a raid
on the house conducted by Ethel wy
koff, on South Main street. Federal
warrants are for Masino and Wilson
and the capias is for Corners, who 1t
is charged, vas under indictment in
Jackson. Tenn.
Four men were taken IN the raid on
the Wykoff house, the fourth man UNI
der arrest being Diggs Nolen, well
known in local police circles.
Wilson told the police his home Is in
Bisbee, Ariz,, Corners said he resided
in Lakewood, n. j., and Masino claimed
Tulsa as his last abode,
When the men were nailed into police
circles more than $1,000 in cash was
taken off them.
Wilson almost obtained his liberty
by the habeas corpus route Wednes-
day, but failed because the United
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to all the babies on their routes, or to
give the dairy the names of the homes
In which these babies live so that the
company might the deliveries,
Mr.. Learned fatty denied that the
drivers made such an offer.
The principal stockholders of the
dairy company are, besides, the presi-
dent, S. b, Anderson, j, p. Norfleet, S.
G. HeNter, u, NJ. Armstrong, Abe
Goodman, DR., Nall, dairy chemist, and
Lem Banks.
Mr.. Smith was very much incensed
Wednesday at what he stated was the
refusal of the police department to
give the dairy permanent protection
during the strike. He said his anager
asked Commissioner Quinn to send pa
trolmen out to protect the dairy when
the strike was called; that Quinn said
he would send four men to stay on
guard Tuesday night, but that in the
future he would rave to take care OF
himself, as the strikers have a number
Of sympathizcrS NJ the department
could not furnish guards.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-02
BY HOWARD 3. eARIs.
Copyright, 1919, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate).

BY a r. SRhlo'
"Oh, dear me-" cried Nurse Jane
Flzzy WuZzy, the muskrat lady who
kept house for Uncle Wiggily Long
ears, the bunny rabbit gentleman in the
hollow stump bungalow.
whats the matter now?' asked the
bunny, as ne stopped reading the fly
paper and looked over the tops of his
glasses. Did some one take the
cherry pie?'
''Oh, no. not so bad as that" an
swered Nurse Jane. But ] want some
molasses to make a gingerbread cake,
and the jug is empty DR.
"Tn get you some molasses, u offered
Uncle Wiggtly. Il am so fond of gin
gerbread cake that IN go right away
in my auto and bring back the
molasses,'
No sooner said thar done, as you
sometimes read in story books, Uncle
Wiggily hoped out to the woodshed
where he kept his auto, hoped up into
the machine and soon the car itself was
almost hopping down the road, over
the fields and through the woods to the
molasses store.
Some Of your very sweetest, best
and most sticky molessesl" cried Uncle
Wiggily In his jolly voice, AS he went
into the store.
You shall have it-a whole jug
futl, answered the monkey doodle gem
tleman bear who kept the store. And
while the molasses was running into
the jug the bear gave Uncle Wiggily a
honey cake. Bears know how to find
bee trees where they get the honey for
cakes.
A little later Uncle wiggily was on
his way back to the hollow stump bun
Ralow with the molasses for Nurse
And as the rabbit gentleman,
riding in his auto, skidded up close
to a muddle-puddle beside the road, Mr..
Longears heard a sad voice in the
water saying:
'oh, dear! How lonesome I am!
They have all gone away and left me
here! am so sad and unhappy"
whoa called Uncle Wiggily TO his
auto. and the machine came to a stop,
Il must get out and see who is so sad
went on Mr., Longears. 1T sounds like
trouble, and ! must help II | can. |
only hope II isn't the bad Woozle bug.
or some one like that, who will want ali
Nurse James molasses."
But, when Uncle WigEily looked into
the muddle- puddle, all he saw was a
little black pollywog swimming around
wagging its tail.
Was 1t you who cried oh, DEAR no
sadly asked Uncle Wiggily.
1T vas answered the wogglepoR-I
i mean pollywog. you see all NV
other pollywog friends have grown their
legs, turned into frogs and have hopped
away. alone am left, because NV
Iess don't seem to grow fast enough
On, its sad to be left all alone In a
puuule-muddle because your legs don't
grow last enough! II | could only be
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States marshal's office was on the job.
Abe Cohn, attorney, petitioned Judge
Richards for an i%nstanter writ of habeas
corpus, meaning that the writ would
be argued at once in First criminal
court, but a deputy from the marshals
office, armed with a perfectly good fed.
eral warrant arrived on the scene as
Judge Richards was preparing to hear
argument in the case and took Wilson
into custody. =
1t is charged that Wilson participated
In the recent robbery of the postoffice
in Humboldt, in company with Con-
ners.
Nolen was released late Tuesday at
the instance of Charles M. Bryan, his
attorney, who succeeded in proving to
the officers that Diggs was innocent.
The police and federal authorities be-
lieve they have the principals Of a
safe-blowing gang and are sure they
can convict. Wilson, according to the
police records, served five years in the
Wisconsin penitentiary for safe blowing
at a town near Milwaukee.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-02
NEW ELECTION CALLED

HUNTSVILLE. Ala, July 2 (Sn,
The Madison county Commissioned an
request of the city board OF educstion
have rescinded the call for. a speciai
election permitting the people to vote
on the special three mill schooF ta1
July and issued another a Tor =
special election August, 1t was found
several days ago that the wording on
the call for the election Of july 7 yto,id
not have permitted collection Of the ta1
for the, approaching school term rha
money Is badly needed for the NEXT term
and u was thought worthwhile 10 suh.
init to the delay. s1s-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-02
LEAVES FOR
AURORA WITH MARE

viii Rash. local driver. left We'd
nesday with Anna Phelps. for Aurora.
H. to open his summer campaign.
Anna Phelps, by The Northern Man
2;oSh), has a three-year-old record
Of 2:21%. but has worked numerous
miles this year around 2;07h to 2.es.
She is owned byw. G. Crawford. of
Wtlliston, Tenn. who also owns Minor
Heir Q:59h). Rash will take the mare
through the Illinois Valley circuit and
also has he'd staked in the Great West
ern. He has made arrangements also
to pick several PAGERS and t~rotters al
Aurora to add to the string,
Local drivers are high in their praise
OF Anna Phelps and stoutly maintain
that she Is the sweetest proposition
ever shipped from Memphis.
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nads - "a
nHSs 20 10Y seem to hear US we nearly
'S" "u"S" ava p
, for oithor a, t,hnu
too ,n,oh " tnefn, rreddie 10 give in
them to laarn 80 nuch better Tor
differencas and W aecept eaeh others
EraJaSs amu my cIltic,se Them
1.non rause" 10 mink Then. So
"tba ,h,s nut, ne SAID, wonderingly,
va~ enmf that sort ogets me ~ the
nloush = : u dle II they didn't marry,
oni, a.er.~wnen u wears on--they
theyy SSsau W ana una that-that really
eenoSS HaNent even me maktngs OF really
eWNrs 'Ivmas petween them
n1rs. na"son sisheu,
n"'s ,he IlsR n the sadness Of
wen, CAL II love, son." she said. II
ulppvse Us Jnst because Il we could
itho h amu lu'ure clearly, and weigh all
ha IN II ~. "orry ana PAIN there, would
,be IN ~ ior US, rev OF us would have
.ne courage ia. mate. It's Natures
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Own Coal Nine.

Thn ,o,,, n,
oo,,n N"''n"ns' IKE inc street Railway
eeup,aranS "sNS tne Increase as an
e~Ihersehc! feIlet measure, 1t presents
a. liza HaSs OF data, showing, 1t
rsss LA .ne gus portion OF the husi-
ness shouiu earn an income on a valua-
t.Vn VI S,SuV,oVu IL claims the plant
10 "VI now earning such Income.
uoJs not sho" whether or not the
sanh' iuen VINO own the stock Of the gas
anu no tlevttte company are making u
good profit on the electric end OF the
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always turn to
No Answer,
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate.)
Mrs, Mason came to dine with her
son, as she had told him she would
on the following Saturday. Sarah had
a particularly good dinner for them. A
stranger witnessing their feast might
have thught them bride and groom, In.
stead Of mother and son. Freddie,
after his several days respite from his
wife's annoying traits, was merry and
more like the one-timwe boy he had
been than his mother had seen him I'm
some time. Mrs. Mason herself was
flushed and girlish and smiling with
happiness at having her precious
lamb all to herself for an evening,
And.
'"Well, young man." said she, as Sa-
rah put the sweets on the table for
them, III this Is the way you're treated
In your W home l don't think you're
much abused. I've no sympathy for
well. he doesn't get dinners like
this all the time, ma'am," piped up
Sarah. Mrs, Mason, ma'am, she's
great on those delicatessen stores, she
'That will do now, I guess. Sarah
broke in Freddie, you can leave us
oAN wash llt ulSIltSs9 mTS. mason can
help herself, II she wants any more
sweets"
Yes, sir said Sarah.
She disappeared into the little hall
where the kitchenette was situated.
Mother" said Freddie very slowly,
do you know II is true that there are
lots of things | like that Estrelda
Doesn't life, and vice versa? IL try
not to let her know, in my case, and
TO do as she wishes. But sometimes
mother, l feel as though this wasn't
fight. | mean when you don't speak
~ things that bother you, but shut
IRem up inside OF you. they seem to
] trt Of tester"
1"Yes, dear, they do agreed Mrs. Ma
tbn. II don't think young married per-
aons are on the right road to happi-
aess, either, until they can realize that
Rlnee they both are human there have
4. he a certain number Of human Diff
%aerences between them. 1t isn't good
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five truck loads of milk to these sta
ton.
Holmes asserted that the strikers
have never refused to carry milk to the
babies or the routes of the Glover Farm
whenever the dairy company will per-
nit them to have the milk and the
wagons. He declared that the marager
Of the dairy was approached Tuesday
night with a proposal to deliver milk to
the babies and that he said the dairy
could take care of that itself. There
are about 800 homes on the routes of
the dairy in which there are babies
needing milk, he said.
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TO TRADE WITH GERMANY.

PARIS. July 2.-The French authori-
ties are considering the question Of re-
many, the Excelsior says. II is be-
lieved in authoritative quarters, the
newspaper adds, hat the ministers of
foreign affairs and are in
clined to favor commercial liberty, the
tariff to be protective. but not a pro-
hibitiye one,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-02
'xpert Tax Dodgers.

Copies of the petition were filed
Tuesday afternoon with the mayor at
the city hall, accompanied by a score
of sheets containing data as to the bust
ness claimed to have been done by the
gas section Of the company during the
past three or o years.
The company claims in its petition
that the stock and bond issues repre-
sent a valuation of the gas section Of
the company holdings OF 50, 300, 600,
The total assessment of the company,
both gas and electric plants for 1918,
was s4,070, 240. The company also paid
taxes last veal on an assessed realty
valuation Of $32l,o0o. making a total OF
la. 3ef, 240.
The petition claims bond issues and
bills payable, not to mention stock. ag
gregating s10,159, 900, upon which II is
entitled to a dividends or interest,
one-third for the gas section and two
thirds for the electric section, or 2l0 per
cent Of what II pays taxes on!
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Willing to Serve Babies.

The declaration that men of the milk
drivers union who struck Tuesday night
delivered milk Wednesday morning be-
fore noon to charity milk stations in the
city, was made by j. W. Holmes, a
trustee of the union. Holmes declared
that striking drivers carried four or
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Basis for Compromise -

The News Scimitar more than a
week ago, announced that the COM
many wanted an Increase of probably
10 per cent. The increase asked In
The petition filed Tuesday with the
state railroad and public utilities com
mission at Nashville. asks for rs per
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-02
ENALL CONSUMER
/. IS OUT Of LUCK
GAS RATE RAISED

against 81 now. That is an increase OF
Just rs per cent.
1000 feet at $3.50, plus so cents, would
be 50, The present rate would be 81
THE under the proposed new
4rate would pay so per cent more than
at present.
! Over 1000 feet the rate now IL so
cents per 1000, The octopus asks $1,05
per ! 900, plus so cents additional
II the consumer uses less than 1000
feet, he pays now 90 cents and he would
pay under the new rate the SO cents.
"ready-to-serve' charge, plus his pro
rata Of $l.25, making on 500 feet a net
Increase OF 1874 per cent,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-02
DENMARK GREETs POLAND

WASHINGTON, July 2r-The Danish
government has recognized the new
state of Poland, the state department
was advised today by the American
minister at Copenhagen.
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Quinn Refuses Protection.

Mr.. Austin made the statement that
Mr., Learned failed to accept an offer
of the strikers made at midnight to
take their wagons out and deliver milk
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LABOR BODY NOT
To AID WALKOUT
Of MILK DRIVERS
CONTINUED From First Page.I

NbuItlHutu from tlTSI tdRe.J
drivers" The drivers, 1t Is stated, sub
United a contract to Mr.. Learned, nan
ager Of the dairy, late Tuesday after
noon, which they insisted be signed at
once or they would refuse to take the
wagons out at the usual hour, mid
night.
Mr.. Learned told the drivers that he
had no authority to sign the contract
and that 1t would have to be submit
ted to the directors OF the dairy. This
The men declined.
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Canale accuse the
drivers of bad faith. They assert that
the drivers submitted a contract about
two weeks ago In which they asked for
recognition of their union and certain
wage increases and other concessions,
The dairy company signed this contract
and 1t was signed by the union drivers
committee Of three. But when 1t was
carried back to the onion, they repudl-
ated the contract, stating that their
committee had not been authorized to
sign.
The company's directors then framed
a counter-contract, which tho union re-
fused to consider. The union then sub
mitted a new contract-the one which
directly led to the strike at midnight
Tuesday night.
we have refused to yield to bull
doing and the ultimatum methods OF
the union" Mr.. Smith declared, not
because we do not want to grant the
wage increase the men ask for or grant
to refuse recognition OF their union.
but because we think It would be a
gerous for the public In general to suo-
NIT to such h~igh-handed practices. We
want TO teach the driver that such
methods can not win. We are willing
to negotiate but we.will not bow down"
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Union Statement.

According to the president of the
union the contract submitted Tuesday
afternoon asked for n $40 a month raise
for drivers who have served the dairy
under six months time, and $40 raise
for drivers of over six months service,
They also asked Ia of | per cent all
around for return OF empty bottles,
They have been receiving is of l per
cent on pint and half pint bottles and
Ia of l per cent for quart bottles re-
turned.
The men have not received a raise
since 1915, Mr.. Austin stated. They
now have a guaranteed salary with
commissions of 500 per month. They
receive SIS flat wages and s per cent
on cash sales, This averages, he said,
about $40 a month.
Mr.. Canale stated that the men asked
for a SIS a month raise for the first
six months Of service and s25 for men
having served over six months. The
company offered, he said, TO grant In
Creases in rate OF commission on sales,
which would amount to as much or
more than the flat increase asked. The
company said Il would raise the COM
mission TO men In their first six months
Of service from & to 5 Ia per cent: after
six months TO 9 per cent and after the
first year OF service to . LIZ per cent
The drivers make. he said, from 500
to $3.50 to $40 a month.
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cent. That however, Is always the
course taken by such corporations,
thinking perhaps that the public,
which pays the increased charges In
the end-if they are granted-will be-
lieve that 1T is getting off lightly after
all. The receivers Tor the Memphis
Street railway, in a recent similar APP
plication, asked for fares of seven and
eight cents, but gracefully accepted a
siN.cent fare. which WAS all that II
really wanted.
II was known, when the bin Great
ing the public utilities commission
passed the Legislature last winter, that
every public utility corporation in Ten
nessec was behind It and that every
one OF them would eventually seek to
break its contracts, and secure per-
mission to increase its rates. The
News Sctmitar at the time called at
tention to those facts. and it's predic.
tons are nov coming to pass,