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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-02
BANK FLoURIsHEs.

CAMDEN, Ark. June 2. tSpl.l-
Figures from the statement OF the Cam
den National bank, showing the institu-
ton to be in a flourishing condition,
United States bonds, SIS, 600: cash and
reserve, 81, 900; total assets, $445, 245;
capital, $50, o0e; surplus, $50, 600; undi-
vided profits, 5,sss: deposits, 1924, 900.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-02
JOHNSTON SPEAKS,

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss, June 9.
tSpl)-Oscar Johnston, candidate for
the g~overnorship OF Mississippi, deliv-
cred the annual graduating address be-
fore the senior class OF Tippah County
Agricultural high school this morning,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-02
THE CURDLING OF LA RUE.

4a" AaE w NbLANu Or LA RUE,
MRS; La Rue Reading went to Monegaw Springs Sunday to visit
several Gays with friends near there. La Rue stayed at home to feed
~ cnHkens and milk the COW. He says he can milk all right. hut
doesnt Know what to do with it. At the time Of going to res eyerv
vessel IN the house is full of milk and he has stopped IN the holes in
the cook stove and was filling it with the surplus.-From the Iovry
City (Mo) Independent. D"'
vi, X women are not allowed to paint their faces in New Jersey /"
why cant they paint them in New York and wear them over to jersey
that way! It's a tremendous question.
According to the Monroe County Appeal, it was announced at a
ece WHIST party in Paris that the prize was to be a surprise. Nor
q nls a mistake, for when Miss Emma Guckner won 1t she was az
Angora goat. pA' 70 al
doesn't IT. make you mad, after you have been shufned around a
5000 yea IN a Dig crowd, to find that the lady who is clingine despsr.
atey 70 your arm isn't your own wife at ali?--Kansas city Star.
NO we can't say that it does.
Eddie Boks Ladies' Home Journal. """e ~
she does Eddie she .does-..if he is married to her.
LOCATED THE STING.
The amateur poet down at Peabody who sang through tina colrnr.
OF the local paper, -" eotumls
Starry will be your crown
, AS you sit on that heavenly throne,
Osborne Farmer. s'As'
-
he only thing we know about Bolshevism Is that we don't like IL.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-02
RiOtOuS Living
In a Dry TOWn
with apologies to K. c. b

WHEN MEMPHIS celebrated
HER ONE hundredth
ANNIVERSARY a good
MANY PEOPLE and a
GOOD MANY shows came
TO TOWN and among
THE ADJUSTMENTS was
A PLACE where you
COULD WIN a chicken
OF THE barnyard variety
IF You were lucky
BY PLACING ten
CENTS ON q number
WHEN ENOUGH money
HAD BEEN placed
TO PAY for the
CHICKEN THE man who
RAN THE game
WOULD turn q wheel
AND IF !: stopped
ON YOUR number
BOY IN the coop
WOULD GRAB the
FIRST CHICKEN that
HE PUT his hands
ON AMP give 1t
TO roy for ten
CENTS MAYBE and
/ WON a chicken
AND PUT. it in
MY CAR and
WENT TO sleep and
LATER l. the evening
WENT to : dance
AND TOOK my chicken
ALONG AND left it
IN THE 2 stir
ASLEEP AND i told
A YOUNG lady that
I HAD a chicken
ASLEEP IN my a
AND SHE said that
SHE D!D.'T think
THAT THIS was that
KIND OF q dance
AND I sa!d that
I DIDN'T think
THAT THIS was that
KIND OF a chicken
AND l took my
CHICKEN HOME and
PUT IT in the yard
AND FORGOT about it
AND THIS morning
I WENT out in the
YARD AND saw my
CHICKEN AssocIArNa
WITH TINE other chickens
AND I was slad
BECAUSE l. knew that
MY clIrcKEN was not
A sNoB and I was
THINKING THAT If
I LIVED until Memphis
HAD ANOTHER anniversary
THAT I might win
ANOTHER CHICKEN to
ToDDLE AROUND with
THIS ONE
I THANK you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-02

The actors have formed what they call the Actors EQUITY
association. We are very. strong for some of them to get Their
just deserts to the point OF their endurance.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-02

The ~so-called cork legs do not owe
their name TO their composition, but TO
the fact that their inventor was 4 DR..
Cork.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-02
OK9E5paT
~ Qby K;NoatoH:

THE CLOUD.
The little cloud hat floats along
In hazy beauty DER the blue, 90
In robe of light, so pure and white,
With moonbeams shining through.
From nothingness unseeking comes,
To n~othingness it goes;
Moves or is still but at the will
or the breeze that round it blows.
~
masking dons or lays aside
Its fleecy robe or shadowy light,
All silent there 1t fades in air
And leaves its beauty to the night.
Joseph Dunn.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-02
THE TAX RATE

me number OF CIVIC organizations that have manifested a
disposition to inquire into the increase of the city tax rate from
@ioo 10 SZIu which will mean a tax OF about 4 per cent on the
assessed valuation OF city property, is a wholesome indication
of a revival OF interest in the welLbeing Of the city.
In the nature OF things, such an inquiry could not be poGti-
cal. Men may carry their feelings on their shoulders. their
lactionaiisn may be worn like chevrons on their sleeves. but az
a rule they do not carry their politics in their purses.
mere is no demand for retrenchnent that would prove a
aetriment to the progress of the city. There is no desire 70
THROW any obstacle IN the way Of the cty's development, or to
"'oTl any worthy enterprise that the city may engage in.
But 1t must be evident that this is a very bad time to use
the peoples money for any except necessary purposes The
owners OF rental property are. to some extent, using the excep.
uonahy hlgh tax rate as a lever to py higher rents from the
people, Some who contemplated building are beginning 10
grow discouraged, and are changing their minds. Persons who
own their homes are thinking of throwing them on the market
an te oehef that they can rent cheaper than they can own a
home, On the whole there is confusion and unrest over the
prospect which is neither stirred by agitation nor Quoted BY
silence. -
II there is a way to prevent the unparalleled increase in the
lax rate the organizations that are supposed to represent the
peoples interests should do so.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-02

Harry Hawker will go down in history as the Icsrus Of trans
Atlantic aerial navigation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-02

Cheyenne is to have a hospital to be
built and named in memory of the
wife of Gen. Pershing. Mrs. Pershing
was the daughter Of Francis +. Warren,
United States senator from Wyoming.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-02

The Germans seem to think that the four years Of war were
"a nothing compared with peace. Y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
Pomp and Display Will Be Noticeably
Absent When Germany Affixes Her
Signature to Worlds Most Famous
Document, Probably Saturday.
Possible Has Been and Will Be Done
to Eliminate All Suggestions Of Humiliation
and Hun Delegates Will Be Treated as Rep
resentatives Of Republican Germany, Not Of
Empire Which Started and Lost Great War.
By Warwick Thompson.

Paris June 24The pomp and display of historic treaty
signngs in the with their martial and vivid color
ings will be notceabv absent Germany afxes sigma
tue the worlds famous docnment-probaby Saturday
The last semi official word from Wemar is that DR. Her
man Mueller the foreign minister will to Versailles
with delegation arriving probably tomorrow
ing. This is still nnconirmed officially. however
Simplicity will be the keynote for the epoch making
mony Everything possible has been and will be done to elimi
nate all suggestions of humiliation and the German delegates
will treated representatives of Republican Germany,
Of the empire which started and lost the great
The general conduct in the historic hall Of mirrors will be
guided idea that order shall hencenrth prevail in
the world and the moment Germany signs she being
the community of nations 1t is
understood be due chiefly to President Wilson influence
that simplicity shall be observed and all touches of
humiliation avoided.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
SOLDIERS OF PRlsSIiN GUARD MAKE
BONFIRE CAPTURED FIRE.

Neimar June o4From amid the wreck and ruins of tht
German empire like ghost from, dead past has risen
night which, its human aspects romantic
and comea only the genius of Dumas Victor Hng1
could do full Justice.
For the bell of history is tolng the doom of all the
pre dreams the officers of its defunc dsarmed deensess
army rallying to the cry ''You shall not have
peror!''
In the hour in which Germany called upon to give her
final ycs' mo- they sent umatum to the Bauer
If the kaiser Hndenburg Ludondorf other
military leader is surrendered. shall resign in body"
The cabinet stood aghast for while at this threat for its
execution would deprive Germany Of her last
against discipline But. the other hand the IN
dependents threatened national strike if unconditional sigma
not decided upon The the greater
Now the officers associations estimated million strong
will the threat bluff The conviction
that the etemperor innocent and that they must remain
faithful their oath Of aegianceeven though the faheran
republicans seized the whole officers from tia
generals the lieutenant and they band
ing together the former lord die ''mv emperor
my emperor defending
About Hndenbur and Luiendor they less concerned
But the safety of William Hohenzoern they deeply
alarmed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
Agreement is Reached by the
Senate and House Conferees
Yesterday.
BACK TO PRE-WAR RATES
Bill Will Hardly Be Approved
by President Wilson to Be.
come Effective Before End
of July.

Washington. juno 24.-The tele-
graph and telephone systems will be
restored to their private owners al
the end of the month in which the
president signs the bill and the exist
ing telephone rates will be continued
for four months after the government
relinauishes control, under an agree
ment reached by the senate and house
ccnferees today
The senate bill provided for return
of the wires Immediately upon ap-
prevail of the legislation by the presi-
dent while the house bill fixed the
time for the restoration AT the end oil
the month in which presidential APP
prevail is given.
The senate's extension of the tele-
phone rates was for ninety days, while
the house provided for an extension
over period OF SIX months.
The agreement was in the nature es
a compromise. the senate agreeing TO
the houses date for restoration in re-
turn for the house concession OF two
months in the period of extension OF
telephone rates, The prewar telegraph
rates viii obtain Immediately upon
return OF the wires
The o n er 6 report Will De
brought up in both houses before the
end or tire week, burt IT rs impossible
for the hiA to he approved by the pres
ideut in time to take effect before the
end of July.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
ARRANGEMENT PERFECTED.

Practically all arrangements for the
ceremony were completed today when
the Zig Three made a personal in
spAction Of the Versailles palace where
d host OF wsorkmen were feverishiy has
tening the finishing touches
The exact date Of the signing stili
depends on the arrival OF the German
delegates, but the general opinion here
Il TONIGHT was that II Will not take place
6s4ore Saturday sS.4ss4sssasss ss@s.
Three hundred newspapermen win
III close to the great horseshoe table
IL which the treaty will be signed
The chairs In which the delegates OF
the leading allied powers will sit are
each wonderfully carved with the coats
az arms Of the occupants gracefuily
worked into the wood President WIZ
snofi's chair bears. instead OF his per-
eonal seal, that OF the United States
Flower designs OF artistic workman
ship mark the chairs Of the chinese
ana Japanese pienipotenttarfes
The master of ceremonies viii open
the event by taking the treaty to
Premier CIemenceau. who VIII sign
Hrst. then hand IL TO Premier Lloyd
George, whereupon the document VIII
make the rounds Of the allied powers.
probably In alphabetical order. with the
Germans the last 10 sign,
Seven regiments of French cavalry
vii preserve order on the palace park
grounds. while four Infantry regiments
are to be stationed in the court Yards
Tho famous Republican guard Will oe
inside Of the palace. French military
trumpets and drums will constitute
the only music.
Insiat on Full Publicity.
Paris, June e4--President wilson
and Preraiers Ciemenceau and LLOYD
George this afternoon made an inspec-
ton of the arrangement at Versailles
for the solemn ceremony OF signing
peace.
President Wilson, his colleagues say.
insists uron complete publicity In con-
rec.ion with all International news
hereafter. The state department at
washington is planning to install d.
rect cable communication between Yer
sailles and Washington, so that the
American people, through under secre-
tary Polk, may be informed of the
signinR almost Immediately after u
las taken place Complete details OF
the ceremony are to be transmitted
over this direct cable.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
Speculation Rife AS
to Body's Dark Horse
Rumor That Civic Association
VIII Nominate Third Con
tender for Mayoralty Race
Daily Gains Credence.

Although officials of the Civic as=o-
citation refuse to commit themselves
en- the subject of the next mayoralty
campaign. the rumor that the associa-
ton VIII take an active part in the
race and will nominate third con-
tender for the honors is daily gaining
credence In local political circles.
II Is regarded as an assured fact
that Mayor AinSlie will be a candidate
for reelection and friends Of John
Hlrschberg. state labor commissioner.
assert that he will announce himself
as soon as the proper time arrives.
There ss state law prohibiting Of
tice-holders from announcing their
candidacy for other office and this will
prevent the former chairman Of the
administrative board from tossing his
hat into the ring until shortly before
the election
All indications point to n close and
exciting race in the next election.
Mayor Ainsiie and Mr.. Hirschberg are
both regarded as powerful candidates
and conjecture is rife .as to the prob
able effect OF third entry in the shape
of the associations dark horse
The Civic association has carefully
guarded the identity Of it's choice for
mayor and no one seems to be sure
as to who ii Will be. but il is reports a
that the man selected Will be a power
fui contender. man OF high standing
IL the business world and whose record
VIII appeal to the iaboring vote
Supporters of the present admins
fration decline to venture an opinion
on the probability of which one of
the known candidates will be more
adversely affected by third conte nj :
err. Until the name of the dark horse
Is made public. no accurate guess can
be made as TO who Will lose the most
votes through his entrance into the
race. -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
Street Improvement
Program Advocated
Civic Association Advocates
Bond Issues to Care for
Emergency Needs, With As
sessment Plan to Come.

For practically four years the
streets OF Richmond have been gradu-
ally deteriorating, for not since 1911
by the council for anything hardly
more than repairs. and the situation
has reached the stage where the Civic
association believes that the improve
ment Of the city's streets 10 its out
association. II was announced yester-
day, has adopted this work AZ its
years program. and intends 10 use its
influence in securing the adoption OF
a definite policy In this connection.
Director OF Public Works Boiling. in
his report as city engineer. declared
that the city's streets at the close of
last year were in worse condition than
ever before in his experience. The
'city's finances for these four years
were in such condition that the
finance committee and the council
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
PROTECT Ex-MoNARM.

They will not carry out then
threats to resign untilsthe surrendAy
actually takes place. but to prevent
that surrender is their battle cry ~
manifesto spread bcardcast today d.
clares they will go TO Holland to pr0-
tect the exmcnarch.
when We arrive at the frontier -
viii nnd a way across" says the d0Gn-
ment I'VE can protect the katsee
with our bodies, but we rely On ~
generosity OF the Dutch
Rapidly the old nfonarchial gpty3t.
coupled with pity for the former &sas
peror. is spreading through neGt1V8n
Of the pcrulat ton which had Ia6&J
ca'iy accepted the republican, sof4Gk.
but had been waiting only lof aupofE
OF inspiration TO revivifv their tnhexA
love and loyalty to the self~048GN
former monarch. The pan-34sSl1E
press led by the Deutsche TaGoe E1ol
tung, in which Count zu Revek11<1k
yields his firebrand pen. ana &I5G
kreuz Zeitung. an old Junkeriat ~,
per. is speedily grasping the
straw. sssss ss S@
The Kreuz Zeitung proposes I'M n y
roic sacrifice. All those who wefDe
GERS in the army In 1914. sayS
newspaper. should notify PreAi411T
whatever penalty the allies may ~
pose upon the ex-kaiser. AHs
Meanwhile. the officers' asaoEiAf4&&
has sent request to the GevernSn1S&
OF Holland not TO. deliver williah& 4 ~
henzollern. The kaiserist move n =
serves to take the edge on the e3Q1qSSs
peace situation and its ptogY96a
watched by the whole German po0f(1S
with feverish interest 81 asss
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25

weimar, June 24-True to his
pledge that he would stand or fall by
none-acceptance of the peace treaty.
Frederick Ebert proposes to resign as
president OF the German republic as
soon as the document is signed. The
question of successor for him will
be difiicult to solve and the govern
ment and party leaders arc already
racking their brains in the search for
the proper man. Noske, Erzberger
Count Won Bernstorff and Scheide-
mann are among the possibilities
though 1t is doubtful II the majority
socialists will accept the Latter II
chosen. owing to his unequivocal stand
against signing.
I Yesterday witnessed an outburst OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
CQNCURS IN REPEAL OF
DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW

Washington. June 24.-House con-
ferees today agreed TO the senate's
rider on the agricultural appropria-
ton bill providing for the repeal OF
the daylight saving law ON the last
sunday in October, The house pre-
viousIy passed separate bill for the
repeal
This action on the part of the con-
ferees. in the opinion of house leaders
who are opposed@ae-t the reneai. puts
an end TO their hope that The presi-
dent might have been induced to veto
the repeal. They pointed out that
TO oppose the conference report on
the floor of the house or for the presi-
dent to veto the bill because of the
repeal rider would result in great de-
lay IN making available the funds SO
urgently needed by the department Of
agriculture.
The president will not assume this
responsibility even il he should feel
inclined 10 veto the repeal OF the day
light saving law these leaders assert
ed. and 1t will be impossible to mus
ter sufficient votes TO reject the con-
ference report for the same reason.
Confronted with this situation and
ssiil being firmly of the belief that an
overwhelming ma jority of the people
in the United States want the new
time schedule continued. daylight saw
ing advocates, led by Representative
Sims, of Tennessee, are contem pla ting
new bill 10 provide for some form
of daylight saving
one proposal is that the clocks be
moved forward an hour only during
The summer months in which the days
are longer than the nights rather
than continue the period of daylight
saving into October. as under the ex-
listing law
Another proposal is that, beginning
next Marcn.. the clocks be moved for
ward thirty minutes and kept there
for all time,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
Ebert to Resign As Head Of German
Republic Upon Signing Of Peace
True His Pledge That He Would Stand Fall by Non
Acceptance Of Treaty-Noske Erzberger Bernstorf
and Schedemann Mentioned As His Successor.

the old martial spirit in the conser-
vative and democratic press. the un-
derlying note being expression of the
hope that the national assembly does
not recognize the decision to sign the
peace Internationally AZ morally
binding on Germany. Signature
with the knife at our throa's," is the
cry that is raised By all these organs.
The Taeglische Rundschau lis already
speaking of the time when we shall
rise and shake on the letters"
The fateful session OF the assembly
was a curious spectacle. Bright sun
shine flooded through the big windows
and the cheerful weather seemed To
dispel much of the gloom and gravity
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
FIGHT TO Be JUDGED
BY THREE OFFICIALS

Toledo. O.. June .2t-Semt-official
announcement was made today that
three Officials referee and tive
iudEes--would preside at the Jess VIII
lSrd-Jack Dempsey fight on July =.
This makes II seem fairly certain
That Ollie Pecord, the official referee
AZ the Toronto boxing commission. Will
Ii nd the refereeing job unless one or
the other Of the fighters makes an I'M
alterables protest. In such an event IL
IA possible that Tex Rickard. the pro-
moter, may officiate in the ring. In
der the three-man rule the referee in
stead OF being the sole umpire con-
sfers with the judges before making a
decision and IL his opinion differs from
theirs the majority opinion rules.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
Aliens, Backing Brewery Propaganda
Besiege Congess With Printed Kicks
Representative Yates Quotes from Baroom Threaten
ing Him With Stern and Irevocable Opposition He
Dares Support Measure Enforce Provisions Eight
zenith Amendment

Washington. June 24.-An insidioua
propaganda which seeks to set at
naught the constitution and seeks the
overthrow OF its form Of government, "
was charged against the "breweH and
barroom" interests by Representative
Richard Yates. Republican. of ILL.,
nois, in speech in the house OF rep
resentatives today.
The former governor of Illinois ex-
hibited to the house a printed card
one of hundreds he has already re-
ceived and thousands he expects to re-
ceived--which, he declared coffsti-
tutes "a challenge and an insult not
only TO myself, Ito every member OF
the sixty-sixth congress-" As showing
how wcil organized Is the propaganda.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25

Mr.. Yates pointed out that even the
address was printed.
Several other members of the house,
including Representative Madden, Re-
publican, of Illinois. Mr.. Yates said
had received similar communications
The wording of the cards follow:
Dear Sir.---The United States
supreme court will determine
whether the eighteenth amend
, ment Is legally a part Of the con-
stitution of the United States
Why should you be called upon
to accept responsibility for a bill
to enforce that amendment until IL
has been passed upon by the body
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
Page 10 Confer With Wilson.

Paris, June g4-THomas Nelson
Page, United States Ambassador to
italy, has arrived here for confer
ence with President Wilson. The am
bassador. II is understood, has not yet
resigned, contrary TO the many re-
norts. hut his return to Rome is said
t0 depend upon the outcome OF his
talk with the president. Mr.. Page is
known TO view the situation in Italy
with considerable alarm.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
Thinks we'll Of Carson

New York, June 24.-~'J think Sir
Edward Carson is one OF Ireland
greatest friends" said Famon De Va
!era. president of the Irish republic
and chief opponent OF the Ulster lead
er. today. Carson has been the means
of getting the world to recognize IRE
lands case"
American ways before announcing his
plan of campaign here.
There are many differences be-
tween the two nations" he said over
here. for instance, you help the police
but in ireland We obstruct them. Here
they are friends. Over there they are
agents of an oppressive government"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-25
WHO WILL SIGN rs QUESTION ~
OF THE HOUR N GEn1GA9gl

.Weimar, June z4-The Rauee
eminent late today II enga9o1 l
strenuous efforts to and mar II
TO aflix his signature to the
treaty aid = score Of others
company him to Versailles ~
peace delegation. The re-
~ DIR. Haniei Won Hainahaua
been expected. a. Ne had psSX
advised the government ~
NO ctrcuna1&aneee o1gn. WI