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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12

is poor TO pick from though appli-
cations still continue to pour in
And here is one line of endeavor that
will hardly be invaded by the suffrage
colony. The amalgamated order of UNI
pires can still sit idly in corner and
stifle a yawn while reading of feminine
activities in other quarters. Their
place is safe, protected and in no i'm
mediate danger.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12
PIKERS EN- TOUR.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb. 1.-THE
Camp Pike Athletic team let Wednes-
day for tour Of IS states in which
contests viii be staged with other teams.
IA basketball team, three boxers and
two wrestlers made the trip. The pur
pose OF the trip is TO encourage enlist
ing
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12
JOE STECHER WINS.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Feb foe
Steeher, of Nebraska. worlds champion
csfch-as- cat ch can wrestler defeated
Jack Dwyer, Of Michigan, here last
night in two straight falls The first
fall came in ~ minutes, 20 seconds,
and the second in 10 minutes. both with
a body SCISSORS ard arm lock
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12
WILDE MEETS RUSSELL.

NEW YORK, Feb IL Jimmy wilde,
the English flyweight champion ar
rived here from Milwaukee last night
lie has been matched to meet Mickey
Russell a local bantamweight IN an
cight-rOund bout at the Fourth regi
ment armory, Jersey City Wednesday
night. kFeb is Russell Is not To exceed
l16 pounds al the rnEs!de
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12
Elk PLAYERS AS JUMPS.

Ball players don't always make the
best umpires. Especially is this true
of veteran pitchers and broken down
catchers. 1t sounds funny but it is
true.
Decisions rendered by this type are
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12
Garry Favors Woodruff.

Garry Favors Woodruff.
Hermann announced he favored
Woodruff saying a newspaper man was
especially acceptable. A high baseball
official said selection Of Judge Lands
was improbable.
Two attempts were made yesterday
60 hold a joint meeting Of major and
minor league heads Al the meeting
called for today Il was hoped 90 bring
about resumption OF the relations
broken off three years ago, 1t was
animated from an authoritative source
that the outcome would be a gentle
mems agreement" and that relations
would be resumed without written
understanding.
A resolution commencing the work Of
Hermann as chairman OF the national
commission was adopted by the 10 club
owners. The resolution went back to
the days when Hermann went into the
office with the birth Of the commits
sion. 1t was largely to hermann $
efforts that he brought about the &C
cord which ended the strife between
the American and the National Leagues.
the resolution stated, and It also said
that in every baseball event he had
borne an active and honorable part,
while his keen judgment Of situations.
his remarkable mastery and memory
of detail and untiring energy In for
Warding his plans have been the mar
Vel Of his associates
We regret the decision Of Mr. Herr
mann to remain at the head Of his
club in his own city has made 1t I'M
possible for him longer TO give his
time and attention to the affairs Of
the commission" the resolution con-
Cluded
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12

The Boston Nationals have signed a
pitcher named Hugh Brown, who halls
from Atlanta. where he pitched for a
shop team last season with good sue
cess. lie Is a left -hander.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12

generally hasty and therefore erroneous.
They are formulated on what should
occur rather than on what actually has
happened.
Why? It's simple
As the play in question gets under
way, the player umpire works ahead
of the ball. He figures just what should
happen under the circumstances. He
knows what he would do II he were
in the game and thereby arrives at his
answer. But he reaches his conclusion
before the play is over--ere yet the
tag has been made. And he has, there
fore, obtained a faulty decision from
situation that is actually devoid Of facts.
Watch one and see.
Free electricity exists in the atmos-
phere of the earth.-ExChange
Maybe so-but not in the wires OF
the Memphis G. & E. Co. =
Something to worry over: Lions are
the only animals of the cat family to
have circular pupils when their eyes
are contracted.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12

I.ueien Morrow, the Springfield, Mo-,
promoter is grealy enthused over the
brilliant work of his welterweight, Ray
Long. -
His amazing knockout victory in St
Louis, the other evening, has won him
a home in the Mound City, and Billy
Hack is now thinking Of matching MIN
in Memphis. Il.
Long has beth power and speed 70
his punches and is said to be one OF
the fastest and cleverest lads in the
division.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12
TOO MUCH SUPERSTITION.

Suppose a man with well-stocked
cellar should up and die. Would his
heirs have a right to inherit; and II
so, how would the death tax be levied?
New York Telegraph.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12


The youngsters of the Minor league
pulled off two fast games at the Y. ".
c. a. Wednesday night in their fifth
appearance of the season. In the open
ing game the Flying Squadron defeated
the Ben Hur second team, score 70 TO
s. Vocational put across their first win
of the season in the closing affair by
trimming the Knights of Columbus sec
ond squad, 81 to 8,
The league leading Squadron, although
they met with stiff opposition at times.
had very little trouble in downing, its
opponents. The work Of Weatherall, OF
the Squadron, and Ernshaw, of the
Tribe. featured the show.
The second game was somewhat of a
runaway affair, particularly in the clos
ing period. when Vocational ran up a
total of 90 points while the knights
gathered only two. Tillman and Davis
| forwards for the Vocational squad,
played an excellent game and were
responsible for most of the schoolboys'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12

GR lTH THE FLU BAN be raised part the
WA & week all lines of Memphis sporting
VIC Mk back into action next week On Monday night providing
@ the ban has been raised the Southern Athletic will
WNAM stage its regular show
EyTW the attraction Promoter Billy Hack,
W of his back battling with the days
TO be up, and he is ready take
flu ban
the card as Hack arranged several weeks will put
te main bout Battling Gahee will meet Kid Foster
wndup Kid Black will Fast
Shy Logan will tackle Young Joe Rivers. will
as the "
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12

Teams of the Pacific Coast league " IN
be called Eto their training camps about
Feb. Is. That's only little more than
three weeks away, How time do fly!
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12
NJ. 4. a.
Basketball
MINOR LEAGUE.
Standing Of Clubs.

Wednesday Nights Results--Y. w. c: A.
Flying Squadron 20, Ben Hur CD 8.
Vocational 80, X. c. C2) s,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12
M. 4. a.
SOCCE n
CHICKASAW NOTES.

tiarkins' work for the Kupferschmidts
seems to be improving He is one of
the hardest working players in the
league
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12
AttabOu!
Big Co151e Shea =
OH, MAN!

OH MAN!
l have small sort of mention
the fifteenth day OF March
slightest when the tumult is the brightest
the vocaistic clamor is steady march.
believe TO, a statement will swear
a declaration minus sush-
I'll be ready quarter Hart Farnum slaughter
When the movie houses to accommodate the rush,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12
The National league has signed an
umpire for 1870 by the name OF III c.
He should be able to see 'em all right,

Fred Fulton. Rochester nlastcrcr
brought home the bacon in Atlanta
Tuesday night He stopped Perky
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-14
THE SECOND INDUSTRY

The south is forging to the front in
 the use of this modern vehicle. Ten
 nessee, Alabama, Louisiana and Georgia
 led in the increased registration. This
 may be considered a reflection of the
 greater prosperity which higher cotton
 prices has brought to the south. The in-
 creased use of motor vehicles in other agricultural districts indicates the pros perity of the farmers and their adoption of speedy and up-to-date methods of production and transportation.
 Ohio occupies the enviable position of being second only to New York in the number of cars registered. There were 511, 900 automotive vehicles used in this state, and New York state issued licenses to 570,O00. But Nebraska and Iowa take the lead in the number of machines per capita, each having approximately one car to six persons. The expansion of the industry places Cleveland in par ticularly favored position. We are the first city in the manufacture of auto mobile parts, accessories and machine tools and closely approach Detroit for first place in the production of pleasure
 cars and trucks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-14

been visited, according to residents in those districts.
 At one boarding house on the South Highlands where about twenty-five persons take their meals, most of them having rooms elsewhere in that vicinity, no enumerator has been seen either at the boarding house or at the houses where the boarders room. Possibly one hundred and fifty per sons live either at the boarding house or in the other homes represented there.
 A prominent business man who lives at the Ridgely apartments stated yesterday that partial can- vass of that building disclosed that no one had seen a census taker there.
 A poll taken at the Kiwanis club luncheon yesterday showed that only Ia small percentage of members had seen or been interviewed by an emu Imerator The membership of the Xii wanis club is drawn from all classes of business and professional men and every part of the city is represented by them.
 In the two remaining days left to them the enumerators are urged to
 make special efforts to visit every
 house they have not already been to. Upon their work depends the popula-
 tion figures for Birmingham until l193o.
 ] In the meantime, every person who has not seen an enumerator, or has
 reasons to believe he has been missed,
 should report the matter to George M lCruikshank, supervisor for Jefferson county, whose office is in the postof- flee building, in order that he may Ihave the matter investigated at once
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-14
To Dim Baptist Lights.

T have never known the Baptists of this district to be so interested in a banquet as they are in theo ne which is to take place on Friday evening at the Tutwiler." said B. c. Cox, the chair man. There is great demand for the tickets and I am afraid we will be un- able to take care of all those applying for them. We have arranged to have some fine addresses. pr. J. T. Hender- son of Knoxville, head of the Laymen' 8 movement. who is to be the principal speaker. is one of the strongest men in our Southern Baptist Zion. There are some other brilliant men on the programme. and also a cultured and consecrated woman. Tae people are wondering what Jeff Bailey, the stunt artist, is going to pull off on the oc- casion. I do not know positively. but I am reasonably sure that some of our leading Baptist lights will be dimmed for little while on the night of the 16th.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-14
Noted "Moonshiner" Dies
 in Battle With Deputies

t1T1HE late John Fox, Jr., could have
 O done justice to Henry Brooks, a mountaineer, who died in pitched battle with sheriff's deputies in Law renee county, in one of the widest parts of Alabama.
 The officers were, as usual, hunt ing for "moonshiners" and "stills." :" Brooks is said to have been moon sinner" for twenty-five years, and although he lost leg, had been cap tured several times and had served Ia term in Atlanta, where so many 'scuthern mountaineers go, he con- tinued his operations with the bold ness which characterizes the ,noun- tain folk. They will, in spite of heaven, make contraband whisky and can be depended on to give good account of themselves in the inevi- table clash with a posse. Sometimes nobody is hurt, but that is almost miracle, for both the deputies and the "moonshiners" are marksmen of parts who shoot straight above all things. Usually somebody is seriously hurt and there is job for the near est undertaken.
 Brooks was warned by the neigh ing of his faithful horse that the of ficers were near and he lest no time in putting his high-powered auto matic rifle to work, but he was cut numbered. Soon horse and rider fell, to rise no more.
 As if to add the picturesque touch that was needed to round out this rugged character of the hills, it is said that he would not tolerate de- serters or slackers in his vicinity. He might defy the federal law against making whisky, but he had no use for la quitter-the man who shirked his duty to his country in time of war. We can admire him for that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-14
THE GASOLINE ENGINE

, tered the mysteries of fire and steam; he applied them to mighty engines he made trivial the vast expenses of the Seven seas; he laid upon the continents the tracery ~of steef roads Dissatisfied, he sought new motive forces He created you. He created you out of
 his desire.
 1 You gave to him motion that did not de- pend upon the expenditure of himself, nor
 upon the slow feet nor the limited strength of hungry animals, nor upon
 the sloth of slow currents, nor the haz-
 ards of torrents, nor upon the whims of the winds nor upon ponderous mechanism lpon the seas, nor upon fixed steel routes ] CT level lands.
 | You gave to man the power to go quick | ly, with burdens of light hearts and of heavy goods. hither and thither. over the waters, the hills. the plains and lo!- l into the air, into the dome of the sky! | Man will find new motion But you will live on-as walking, riding, driving, s4il- l ing, drifting, steaming have lived on. Here's to you, gasoline engine-benefac- ] tor of humanityi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-14
Huntsville Would Welcome
 Greater Howard College

II JUST as reminder that Howard IO college will not have to go peg ging for home, the Huntsville Times declares in a recent editorial that Greater Huntsville can easily and will readily match" the offer made by Gadsden of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in cash and one hun ldrcd acres of land. The Times invites
 the trustees of Howard to pay that city visit and look into the induce
 ments offered.
 Gadsden and Huntsville are cities of which all Alabamians are proud.
 They are progressive, have a fine citizenship and are two of the most attractive residential towns to be found anywhere. Naturally, they are both in great many respects ideal llOSdtiofo 4Oi (OAiCSC. OtQQSnIS
 would enjoy the same atmosphere of refinement and culture that the Uni Iversity of Alabama and the delightful
 people of Tuscaloosa have created in
 the Druid City.
 However, Birmingham has first claim on Greater Howard which is planned for the immediate future,
 through the expenditure of several million dollars. Birmingham, because
 of it's location and it's size, offers ad- Ivantages that smaller towns do not possess, but on the other hand, if. the people of this city do not show the proper spirit of enterprise, the col
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-14
NOW JACK FALsTAFF.

From the New York Herald.
 That list of undesirable characters
 out of the plays of Shakespeare grows
 apace. Certain sensitive citizens hav-'
 ing proposed the suppression of Shy
 lock; others are all for excluding
 Macbeth from the schools and the the-
 atres. Yet others have their doubts
 as to whether or not the noble Othello
 should be boycotted on general prin-
 ciples, as his case involves a reflec- ton on the African races. which in
 turn have acquired self-conscious- ness.
 Now it is suggested that the case of Sir John Falstaff be brought up at the national convention of the fat men of America at the forthcoming convention which is to be held at Atlantic City.
 It must be admitted that. in spite
 of the great popularity which the Lon don knight has enjoyed for centuries, his life and adventures do involve a certain reflection on the spiritual and moral characteristics or the solid gen. tlemea who tip the scales at point | in the neighborhood of 300 pounds. Coward, glutton, liar and thief Sir | John is all the nor. dangerous as an 1 example because he is the only fat 1 man in history beloved by every per | son of Wit. Even if he was ruffian who would swear, drink, dance, revel 1 the night out murder and commit the | oldest sins the newe.r kinds of ways, it is too bad that those who run tc | flesh should be suspected of havinl somewhat of his qualities in their dis positions.
 1 Besides. we live in a reformed world Tor in a world that is about to be re- l formed-so why should this imposing figure be allowed to remain as a per ! sisting symbol of the pleasant wicked ness of the past when men stayed up I to hear the chimes at midnight?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-14
From the New York Evening Sun.

From the New York Evening Sun.
 N CCORDING to common informa- AA tion( delightful time was had 1 ~ by all the bibulously genial in the hotels on the occasion of parting with the year 1919. It is now said that preparations are making for an even more intensive celebration upon the eve of Saturday, the seventeenth day of this month, when national prohibition will become operative. Notable antici- pations are now cherished for that Frl- day night.
 The tendency of optimism to die hard was long ago formulated by lover Of poetry in collaboration with Alexander Pope; between them, they said; Hope springs eternal in the human
 breast,
 And if it didn't, there'd be the deuce
 to pay;
 Man never is. but always to be b1est,
 Else every mothers son would go as-
 tray.
 This fortunate tendency persist to the warding off of despair among the dis satisfied and the encouragement, in the imminence of January IT, of hopeful hearts in various neighborhoods in the union. in Rhode Island, New Jersey. Ohio, Kentucky. Maryland. Vermont and Connecticut, for instance; and now in this state Governor Smith urges the legislature at Albany to rescind its rat ification of the prohibition amendment o the constitution of the United States and to submit the question to refer endum this year. These signs of dis sent from the universal aridity are in- teresting. though nothing, probably will interfere with what somebody calls the "obsequious obsequies" to be held on the night of Friday. January 16.
 Not more deeply resonant hymn of regret for the rosy" in Dick Swivel ler's charming phrase, has appeared than-a mournful ballad produced. words and music, by distinguished graduate of Yale university and sold in New Haven under the moving tit,e: Dry as q Camel's Tonsils." The lines thrill with feeling:
 Dry as a camers tonsils. dry as a bug bard's mreast
 Dry as guy full of alkali out in the great southwest; Dry as a finnan haddie that never sa W After July, Q Lord, how dry this land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-14
# H. #
Record Breaking Sale
 of Alabama Farm Land

FIT5 HE sale of ten thousand acres of
 4 land in Sumter county for two hundred and twenty-sevens thousand five hundred dollars cash is reported in dispatch from Livingston. A syn dicate of Tennessee farmers will use the property for farming and stock raising on an extensive scale.
 The same dispatch tells of a solid trainload of high-grade beef steers arriving from Montana to be put in pasture near Gainesville. They were sent to the south by one of the larg- est cattle companies of the northwest to escape the severe winters n that part of the country.
 Alabama has the same mild climate and fertile soil, suited for the rais- ing of bumper crops and prize cattle, that it has always had, but only in recent years have the people of this state realized the value of advertis- ing. Since then millions of dollarsha been invested in Alabama lands by successful farmers and stock raisers from other parts of the country
 These men sensibly concluded that 1t was foolish to stay in sections where they would have to compete with blizzards for about half the year, when the south would enable them to conduct their business with far less expense and trouble, since it IS not necessary to protect cattle from ex- posture, except at rare intervals, and farm work can be carried on practi- cally the year around.
 It is good to see outside capital and enterprising farmers coming to Alabama from other states. The sue cess these strangers are achieving will afford valuable lessons to Alabamian; who have been particularly slow te realize the opportunities this state offers for stock raising, as well as g diversification of farm products.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-14
Much Work Remains
 for Census Enumerators

MNLY two more days remain in W which to complete the work of taking the census in the city of Bir- mingham. Upon the thoroughness of the work done by the enumerators de- pends the standing of Birmingham with reference to population among American cities for the next ten years. It is, therefore, essential that every person in the city be enrolled on the census books.
 We have been counting on the 1920 census showing population of some thing like two hundred and twenty five thousand, and there will be great disappointment among the citizens if this figure is not approximated.
 Several of the enumerators are re- ported to have completed their work. The districts assigned to them are said to have been comparatively small and it may be that they made thor orgh job of it. It is hoped they did.
 But with only two days to go, there are whtle blocks in thickly settled residential sections that have net yet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-14
From Golfers.

From Golfers.
 lA MASTER and magician of energy
 llWll servitor of mankind-here's to
 SVo you! Out of mans unsuitable de-
 sire to move you were brought forth.
 Man moved by his own animal energy;
 creeping, walking, running, pulling upon
 blades dipped in water. And man met man.
 He captured the energy of other ani-
 mals he harnessed the horses, the ass, the bullock, and the OK, the dog in re- mote places of intense cold, the camel in regions of intense heat, the goat of the plains, the elephant of the jungle. the swift reindeer under the midnight sun, the llama under the southern cross. Tribe touched tribe.
 He drifted in craft down slow currents of mighty rivers; in frail shells he dared the rush of torrents; in bellying sails he caught the winds of heaven; he trav- ersed the seas Continent touched con- tinent
 | He felled towering trees, and dug from the ground the black refuse of bygone cycles of growth and decay, he mas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-14
REMARKABLE OBSERVATIONS

From the Independent New York.
 FIorenz Ziegfeld. Jr.. the oldest cho- rus girl I know of is S6
 Vice President Marshall, I am with out power or authority to influence.
 Mrs. Mary Elliott Mobbs. American girls devote too much time in discuss ing the movies.
 General Pershing, I always had more money as second lieutenant a sal ary of $lS7 month than any time since.
 Anna Haynes Bryn Mawr '07), one cf the most tragic circumstances of ou, life in Siberia was the wild children from to 14 who ran in little rob- Der bands like wild cats. screaming splitting and scratching those who came near them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-14
THE STIRRUP CUP
will be!

will be! Dry as the bones of Moses, dry as the
 Dead Sea shore, Dry as the bunch of roses that C1ecpa-
 tra wore; Dry as a Pelham sailor the night be-
 fore a spree After July, o Lord, how dry this land
 will bel
 This threnody, clearly, issued from the poets mind last spring; the spor- adic moisture which some persons will tell you they have noticed since last July can scarcely survive the intensive evaporation set up by the machine to ba in operation week from next Satur- day. The mourners on that occasion will have something to cry for. because this land will be dry, undoub btedly. thereafter for some time