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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28
R0ZELL SCHOOL TOTS
WILL PRESENT PLAY

The Rozell school will give an enter
tainment saturday evening at 5 o'clock
In the school auditorium for the benc-
fit of the scnoOls stereoptiCon fund.
The entertainment will be In the form
OF q play. "C;oldilockS and the Three
Bears"
Among the children taking part will
be Sue Watkins IN the title role Of
''Goldilocks," Violet Forbes, as Dolly
Joe Maners, rs "Pappy Bear" Vera
Redditt, as Mamma Bear Bernard
Schartf. as Sonny Bear" Opal Roy, As
"Goldilock's Mother" Lylo Strange as
Queen OF May" Kenneth Eddlns, rs
Herald" Henry Watkins, RS Little
Boy Blue" Gene Berry, a. "Bo-Pecp,
and Marcia White, Dorothy Lowe, Alice
Rogers. Elizabeth Ashby. Elizabeth
Prescott, Mildred White and Mary
Douglas Watkins, as Flower Girls
The RoZell school orchestra VIII also
take part. and several special numbers
win be contributed by other pupils OF
the school
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY
FOR MEMORIAL DAY

PARIS. May 2s--rresident Wilson
has ordered Il memorial day wreath OF
flowers to be laid upon the statue. The
American Doughboy, in Suresnes ceme-
terry and Ambassador Hugh c, Wal
lace win deposit II there on Sunday.
Instructions were received today from
Mr., Wilson BY his favorite flower ven
dor when he was In Paris TO get up a
floral tribute to American dead
The merchant called at the Ameri-
can embassy this afternoon and was
informed the order was all right and
had come from the white House In
Washington. He returned TO his store
to begin work on the presidential
wreath
The ceremony az Picpus cemetery,
where lies the body Of Lafayette, will
appeal especially to the French peo-
pie Col. Drake, OF tina Memorial day
committee. will preside, and will make
short address, to which Marquis
ChambIun, grandson of Lafayette, will
reply.
A memorial TO American volunteers
fallen for France, written by Alan See
ger. n member OF the French foreign
legion, who was killed in September.
1916, will be read in all American ceme-
teries where members of the Ameri-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28
HIGH COST OF LIVING TOO
MUCH IN THIS SPOT

In that spot In Mississippi which Nat
). Wright. secretary OF the
Delta Land company, tells about. the
high cost OF any kind of living probably
Is higher than any other place In the
country.
Two negroes were tramping tt
Wright says, They got mighty hungry
one morning. and on checking assets,
one dug up "A thin dime. They decided
TO buy q dimes worth OF cheese at a
little crossroads store.
"One negro left while the other waited
with watering mouth. In five minutes
the first negro returned, empty
handed
Whah's dat cheese, boy?' asked the
waiting negro,
'Nigguh. dig cost oh libin' suah done
reach de top answered the first Dat
grocery man set he cheese knife when
All says All wants err dimes wuth oh
cheese. and, believe me, nigguh. set al
10 cents with. dat knife come down,
and jes' did miss dat cheese,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28
MOSCOW BUSINESS MEN
WORKING ON HIGHWAY

r. N Ware, prominent member OF
the Moscow chamber OF commerce, is
supervising the work Of 40 members
of that organization in repairing bad
stretch OF road in the Muscle Sholas
highway. near Moscow. All OF the men
volunteered. and also volunteered the
use OF their teams and a like number
of plows.
According to Mr. Ware, this small
piece OF the highway Is the only bad
place on the entire road. and he says
that It win soon be as good as the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28
SENATE ADOPTS NEW
COMMITTEE SLATE

WASHINGTON, May 2S.--The SEN
ate voted yesterday to abolish ~ stand
ing committees and reduce membership
or all others. effective in the next
congress. The reform has been urged
for years and the new committee slate
was adopted virtually without discus
sion
The Senate's committees are reduced
from n to 80, pairing down chairman
ships and employc patronage hereto
fore enjoyed by senators to that ex-
tent, Senator Knox, Republican, Penn
sylvania, said the plan would "cut out
all OF the committees which barely. II
ever, met"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28

can Legion participate. Il was I 70
have been read by the author nelose
the statues OF Lafayette and wash
ington in this city on May 30. 1917, put
Seeger met his death in the midst OF
the French offensive OF the Somme az
Belloy- En- Santero, soon after pennlhs
the lines. ~,
George Courteline and Louis Mar
solleau, widely known French poets
told tile Associated Press this after
noon that special wreath OF flowers
Inscribed From the Poets OF France
would be placed upon seegers grave
on Memorial day.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

LONDON,--An explosion during Cx-
| pcriments In the chemical laboratory
OF Muenstcr university resulted in the
death of six students, says wireless
message from Berlin. Several others
were seriously Injured.
ROANOKE, Va--Fines OF 800 and
posed on Il W. Thomas, Of Roanoke,
and q. W. Howard Of Victoria Va,
In police court here yesterday on
charges OF having operated a lottery.
PHILADELPHIA The general as
scmhlv Of the Presbyterian church In
| the United states in session here voted
unanimously yesterday TO terminate US
relations with the interchurch world
movement.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla u. b. Lewis
last night shot and instantly killed his
mother in-law, shot and seriously
wounded his wife and then shot him
self inflictng injuries from which ply
sicians say he probably will die at
their home here. \ quarrel over at
tending a revival meeting Is said 10
have led to the shooting. The Lewis
family came here about week ago
from BrIstow. Okla.
OSSINING. n. Y.-walter Levan-
dowsld and Leo Jandowsk were put to
death In the electric chair at Sing
sing prison last night, Both men were
convicted Of murder in the first de-
gree for killing John Gunther, keeper
in the Dannemora State hospital
-
NEW YORK.-Miss Mari Tucci, 20,
charged with first degree murder for
the shooting Of her sister, Mrs, Angelina
Cont, March s. was found guilty last
night OF manslaughter in the first de-
gree. Sentence viii be imposed June
T. The defense claimed the shooting
was in selfdefense.
Los ANGELES, Cal-Nine thousand
eight hundred sacks of cane sugar which
arrived from Mexico yesterday were
stacked on the dock at Los Angeles
harbor because the local warehouses
bonded for sugar are fun to capacity.
according to the collector Of customs.
PASsAIC, n, WORKERS in the
wooden mills Of Passalc and vicinity
voted last night to strike next Tues
day TO enforce demands for 80 per
cent wage increase and 44hour week.
Union leaders said $4,000 employees
would be affected
RICHMOND. Va-General Pershing
yesterday became u ne mcHlueT vi tlo
Confederate Memorial Literary society,
a letter inclosing the necessary fee hay
ing been received from him.
NEW YORK -Franccss Starr, act
ress. and William Haskell Coffin,
painter and illustrator, were married
hero yesterday in the Church of the
Heavenly Rest. Or. Herbert Shipman
performed the ceremony,
TULSA, Okla.--Ten persons were In
jured, none seriously, when an east
bound St Louis 4 San Francisco pas
senger train left the rails, five miles
east Of Keystone, a small town %
miles west OF here, yesterday. The In
jured were brought to hospitals here.
CHtCAGO--A profit OF $4.257669 for |
the year ending May |, 1920, was made |
by Libby, Mcneil & Libby packers, !
according to the annual statement given |
out last night
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28
FRIENDS PAY FINAL
RESPECTS TO O. B. POLK

Men prominent in local financial and
real estate circles gathered Mt the home
Of Oscar b. Polk, 202 Adams avenue, to
pay last respects TO this business man
and planter, who died Thursday morn
ing early, Rev. II. S. Spragins, pastor
OF the First Methodist church, officiated
Burial was In Forest Hill cemetery.
Several months ago Mr. Polk went to
Biloxi. Miss, for a rest. He returned
three weeks ago and entered CARLY
Ramsay hospital Mr. Polk was II
years OF age,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28
PUBLISHERS MEET JULY 1s

FORT WORTH. Tex, May 2s-Pres-
ident J. II. Allison announced yester-
day that the eighteenth annual con-
vention Of the Southern Publishers as
sociation will be held at Asheville, n.
9, Grove Park Inn, July 10. 90 and 81.
The newsprint shortage transportation
conditions and second class postage leg
islation will be among the subjects con-
sidered. he said, and invitation has been
extended to Secretary of Agriculture
Meredith to address the publishers on
available wood pulp"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28
MRS. J. H. CoLCLoUGH DIES

Funeral services for Mrs. J. II. Col
clough wife OF local jeweler, were
held Friday afternoon AT the residence,
% North Diana, and burial followed in
Elmwood Mrs. Colclough died at St
Joseph's hospital following an opera
tiou.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28

Or. A. NJ. Townsend made a hurried
trip TO Nashville, but viii return to
the city Saturday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28

Annual sermon to the Wise Men and
Women" will be preached Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock by Rev. b. j. Perk-
ms at Church's auditorium.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28

Rev. James A. Mitchell has returned
from an extended trip to his church at
Ripley.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28

Hammett Searcy has returned from
college at Atlanta, Ga,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28
Activities Among
Memphis Negroes
BY Rev. Z. o. EuIIer.
BY Rev. 7. o. Fuller.

The concert Of the Kortrecht high
school at Church's auditorium was
largely attended Thursday night Hun.
dreds were turned away.
Or. Il, c. Morris. OF Helena. Ark,
was IN the city Thursday, and left later
Tor Nashville, where he will be joined
by Editor j. II. Crenshaw, OF the Ma
tional Voice, for trip through North
Carolina.
Hear Or. Ben Cox Sunday afternoon
at the First Baptist church, st. Paul
avenue.
Pete Jordan has returned from More
house college, Atlanta, Ga, and will
spend his vacation in Memphis.
The executive board OF the state
y. Y. 7. y. and S. y. convention will
meet at Howe Saturday afternoon
President +. NJ Seymour, Of Knoxville,
VIII attend the meeting.
Delegates. TO the Sunday school con-
gress at Washington are requested to
meet at Howe Monday night
Or. |. A. Thomas, OF Chicago, after
= short conference with leaders in
Memphis left for New York Thursday
afternoon.
Hammett Searcy has returned from
college at Atlanta, Ga,
Annual sermon to the Wise Men and
Women" will be preached Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock by Rev. h. j. Perk-
ms at Church's auditorium.
Rev. James A. Mitchell has returned
from an extended trip to his church at
Ripley.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28

Or. |. A. Thomas, Of Chicago. after
4 short conference with leaders in
Memphis, left for New York Thursday
afternoon.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28

Hear Dr. Ben Cox Sunday afternoon
at the First Baptist church, st. Paul
avenue
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28

Delegates to the Sunday school con-
gress at Washington are requested to
meet at Howe Moniay night
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28

Pete Jordan has returned from More
house college, Atlanta, Ga, and will
spend his vacation In Memphis
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28

The concert of the Kortrecht high
school at Church's auditorium was
largely attended Thursday night. Hun.
dreds were turned away.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-28

OSSiNING, n. Y.-Walter Levan-
dowsld and Leo JHndowsk were put TO
death In the electric chair at Sing
Sing prison last night Both men were
convicted Of murder in the first de-
gree for killing John Gunther. a keeper
in the Dannemora state hospital
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-12-02
Nc "Opinion' Was Given


In reference to the above state
meht, States Attorney Carr says
that the Stutsman County Press
never secured any opinion from him
as to the running of legal notices af-
ter Nov. 12, when the change in off,
:cial papers occurred. That few
days before Thanksgiving, and after
the legal notices running in the press
prior to Nov. 12; had been dropped
out, he was called UP by phone and
asked what he thought Of their right
to run legal notices, and the sub
stance Of his reply was, that he had
not given the matter any thought.
but if he had any important legals
or any legals which affected the title
Of land, running in the Press, he
would run them over again in the
official paper, as a precahtion.
States Attorney Carr had nothing
whatever to do with the Press drop
ping its legal notices before their
expiration, which was done entirely
on their own responsibility and The
Press is now trying to lay the blame
on someone else.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-12-02
POSTPONE HEARING
ON LAYER MOTION
FOR A NEW TRIAL

Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 29.-(Spe-
cial). Decision by Judge Nuessle. OF
district court, on the motion fled in
behalf Of Henry Layer, serving q life
sentence in the penitentiary on q
charge Of the murder Of eight per-
sons at Turtle Lake. was deferred
when he gave attorneys 80 days in
which to file additional ahidavits.
Judge Nuessle intimated that the
showing the petitioner had made on
amdavits presented to him Saturday
was not sufficient grounds to allow
Layer to withdraw his plea Of gull
ty and stand q jury trial.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-12-02

chants and to furnish bond Of
500 as evidence OF his good faith.
A large volume of business is nec-
essary to make the organization d
success, officers Of the association
state, and it is hoped that from thir-
ty to forty carloads will be shipped.
At present about twenty carloads
are being marketed from jamestown
An advantage of the association js
that it will handle but one variety OF
potato, the Early Ohio, and the po-
tatoes will be carefully graded be-
fore being shipped.
Any number of local associations
may be formed in the county, ana
the county organization will act thru
the state organization. 1t is ex-
pected that a number of local or
xanizations will be formed in the
county within the next few weeks.
May Grow Seed Potatoes
It was pointed out by County kgent
Goodhue that the industry is young
In this section of the state, and for
that reason it will be much easier to
fight the spread Of diseases thru
the treating of the seed before plant
ing. This will work to the advan-
tage Of the 10 clargeoadsrwn
tage of the local growers and make
it possible to raise disease-free po-
tatoes which can be sold for seed.
{ The next meeting of the association
will be held Friday afternoon at two
o'clock at the city hall.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-12-02
ALBERT ELLIS DIES
EARLY SUNDAY AFTER
TWO WEEKS ILLNESS

The death OF Albert Ellis. one Of
the county's, oldest residents, occur.
red early Sunday morning at ,ths
home Of his step-daaEhter. Mrs.. F.
G, Bennett Death eame as the ne,
suit Of the advanced years Of the de.
ceased and followed an illness of
about two weeks. i35
Mr.. Ellis was eighty-two years
and eleven months old ct the time sf
his death. He came to stutsman
oaunty thirty years ago. settling on
d farm about twelve miles southwest
nfs the city. Retiring from aetixe
farming about fourteen years ago.
Mr.. ELLIS moved TO jamestown and
since that time. has resided in the
city. I
n The deceased leaves one son, Ray
Ellis Of near Bloom; two sisters.
Mrs. Emma Boynton Of Rochester,
MINI. anA Mrs. Sarah Crary of Man
kato. MINI. :; one brother, who lives
at Yakame; Vashtng ton, ,Sand q step
daughter. rs Bennett of,
Jamestown. s
" The fanerai services WI be held
Tuesday afternoon at two o,clodk sat
the Methodtst church. h
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-12-02
NO SPECIAL SESSION
TO REPEAL INITIATED
LAW. CANVASS SHOWS

Fargo, Nov. 29.-Tha, Fargo
Forum. anti-Nonpaftisan newspaper
here, today makes the statement that
there will be no special session OF the
state legislature to repeal the initial
ed law in regard to public funds.
The Forum says that telephone
canvass which it made today shows
80 members Of the lower house Of the
state legislature are opposed to any
repeal or change in this law.
To repeal or change this law would
require two-thirds vote Of the mem-
bership of the lower house. zs3s
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-12-02
CONGRESS MAY STOP
ALL GRAIN GAMBLING

WaSh1ngtOn, November -2Z.- A
united assault by midwest con-
gressmen on the Chicago board of
trade operators at the opening OF
the present session of congress
is promised by angressman c. Frank
Reavis of Nebraska, who has reach
ed Washington.
The grain growers of the midwest
says Reavis, charge that market man
ipulations have had much to- do witt.
unreasonably depressing the price
of wheat, corn, and other grains.
Midwest congressman will get to-
gether before the opening Of congress
said Reavis, land present q united
frcnt in demanding legislation that
shall prohibit gambling in the grain
md regulate dealings on the Chica-
-, and other boards of trade where
grains are 1nnd1ad.. WE shall de-
mand also new federal system Of
grain Standardization.
Speculation Blamed
Waterloo, Ia. Nov. 21.-At farm
s-bankers conference held here at
tended by 500 men and representa-
tives of the Federal reserve bank,
the causes of the great drop in grain
prices were discussed from all angles.
The policy OF holding back wheat
was approved by most tof those pres
ent.
Speculation" was blamed by
E. H. Cunningham, secretary of the
Iowa Farm Bureau federation, who
denied the law of supply and demand
rules. To sustain his charge, he said
half the world is starving and the
other half becoming bankrupt be-
cause producers have too much food
stuffs on hand.
Speculation, he repeated, "is
the bane of the farmer and of all
other legitimate operations, where
the principle Of supply and demand,
plus cost of production, should rule,
unhampered.
ST ssIn Iowa the bankers have gone
the limit in backing the farmers. We
want the bankers to stay by us for q
while longer. We are beth going to
see this thing through
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-12-02

city of jamestown the largest pos
sible attendance will be assured, as
the membership even from the most
remote parts Of the State can travel
to and from jamestown with the low
est expenditure for railroad fare and
the shortest time from their respec-
tive lines of work with corresponding
savings in actual expenses.
We would also point out that
jamestown has in the past and will
continue. we hope, to be noted for
maintaining standard rates at hotels
and restaurants during the periods of
conventions-regardless of any ex-
traordinary demands made upon
them by such gatherings.
The jamestown Armory, with
seating capacity of 1900, affords an
ideal auditorium for business meet
ings, while hotels, restaurants and
private homes, as we'll as public
buildings, and ample to insure proper
and adequate provisions for all dele
gates and their families; therefore,
be it
Resolved, t;lat the secretary of this
chamber be instructed to present
these resolutions to the Farmers
Grain Dealers association and to
urge their acceptance for their 1921
convention, and to furnish such
further or detailed information as
may be required, and to cooperate
in any and all ways possible with the
Farmers Grain Dealers association
to the end that they may be aided in
their deliberations and in insuring
the success of their convention.
jamestown, North Dakota, this the
10Th day of October, 1920.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-12-02
STATES ATTORNEYS
ADVICE NOT GOOD

Under the above heading the
Stutsman CountyfPress in its issue
of last week says:
when our contemporary had
been granted certificate of election
by the canvassing board, we got an
opinion from the States Attorney as
to whether we could continue to run
legal advertising already started. in
the Press until finished. His advice
was that we could not, and these
must run over again in the newly
elected legal paper. For this reason
we run an addition last week, with
ont the legals," etc.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-12-02
TRNASURER-ELECT BUYS
RESIDENCE AT BISMARCK

/ Bismarck, N. d.. Nov. 20 (spe-
ciaD. John steen Of Rugby, ;trea-
surer-elect, has purchased q resi-
dence in Bismarck, and has moved
here. Mr.. steen, who is unmarried,
will occupy the house with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Olson. Mr.. Olson has
been manager ol MI. steen's farm
for number Of years.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-12-02
TERM OF DISTRICT
COURT DECEMBER 9TH

4 The December term, Of the Dis
trict court will open Dec. at 10 NJ
m. when the calendar will be CALI
ed: There will be no hearing OF ma y
turalization cases at the December
term. such business having been
postponed until the term next June
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-12-02

to banks are $2.5Ql. TIL,
bank has invested ,$50.119-S2 in fur
niture and fixtures
The liquid assets Of the bank ar,
set forth in the following items; re
deposits in sos depository banks il
North Dakota, $S.4O7,4s4.63; de
posits in correspondent banks out
! side of North Dakota, $3.50, 0,6Q2.14
and cash items, known also as THE
l:.foat'ss due from backs within. ths
state. $2,253.SS2~29.
Money advanced by the Bank ol
North Dakota to the Home Builders
association is not an inconsiderabls
itam- The exact sum probably will
not be known until the Bank 01
North Dakota is examined by the
state officers. That money, like thai
advanced on real estate loans, will
be tied up for many years, and it il
interesting at this time to note that
the operations of the Home Builders
association have not been conducted
in the manner intended by the law
but that the operations have been fl.
nanced on borrowed money. Houses
have been built with the expectation
of finding buyers, after they were
put up, and they have been built fo,
prospective buyers without the for-
mality of forming local loans and
building associations as provided by
the law.
Other money has been advanced
by the Bank of North Dakota to the
State Mill and Elevator association,
and that money, too, is tied up over
a long period unless the Bank Of
North Dakota and the State Indus
trial commission is enabled to dis
pose of the states six percent mill
and elevator bonds
The real estate mortgages carry
six percent interest and are repay
able in annual installments over a
period Of 80 years. Six percent mort
cages of this character are worth
only about 81 to SO on the market
today. Six percent interest IL no in
ducement to the average investor
who lis getting eight percent on the
&nest Of security.
Investors eFar State Bank
"A recent announcement that the;
interest rate on state bonds had.
been increased from five to six per-
cent with the expectation that the.
higher interest rate would attract
buyers 10 not looked upon by those!
Informed Of the financial situation
as likely to bring sales. The inyes-
tor In bonds IN fearful Of the Bank
Of North Dakota. looking upon that
as q financial power In
The hands ct politicians which makes
in the state bonds un-
Iafa. Il.
There 70 one more item which the
Bank Of North Dakota has; to take
INTO consideration very shortly, and
hat Is the loan OF $1,00O,000 that
{ made sometime ago In Chicago.
Whether OF not that $1,000 700 loan
will be renewed by the bank is not
{ this time known. lf It is not. It
viii he necessary for the Bank oil
North Dakota to repay the sum very
o0n. ~ 3s9$ S 4,