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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
Says Prohibition
Has Not Cut DOlUn
- Demand For Hops

"our leading crop Is hops" stated
c. G. Bristol OF Salem, Ore, broker
in that community. who is registered
at the Hotel Chisca. we fought pro-
hibition tooth and nail and when IT
passed gave ourselves up for lost. We
saw ruin staring us in the face. oddly
enough, II has not touched us. The
demand for hops is just as great as It
ever was--and constantly growing
Many hoppers, upon the passage of
the law turned to other crops. They
are sorry now that they did and many
are going back to their first love- Hop
growing is very interesting and hon
field with the vines trained over long
poles is a beautiful sight
In the harvest season men, women
and children help to gather the crop
The klamath Indians come over from
their reservation and help In the har-
vest. They are very reliable workers.
too. They are not as fast as the whites
but are much more steady, When thew
are paid off the stores reap their har-
vest The squaws and bucks buy up
all the gaudy clothes and GIN crack
jewelry that they can Finland the
stores see to 1t that they find all they
can pay for"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
REALTY MEN WILL
PROTEST WATER PLAN
Dealers Decide Unit System
Is Unfair to Many.

4 formal protest against the unit
system OF charging for water VIII be
sent to the Memphis artesian water de-
rartment, and II not needed, win be
followed by the calling OF a mass meet
ing i'm order tina some action be taken.
This decision was arrived at by direc-
tors in the Chamber of Commerce. A
report of the specially appointed water
rates investigation committee OF the or
ganizatiou was read and approved.
In this report the committee does
not deny that the company needs more
levenuc for better service, but objects
10 methods chosen TO raise this revenue.
The rates which wcat into effect Sep
TENDER | call for a unit Of charge, the
unit being the individual or family u.s.
ing water, whether supplied through
one meter. or multiple Of meters. y
The report states that the only equit-
able way IN which 10 raise the addi-
tional charges is through a uniform
charge for each meter connection.
The report states in part: Charges
should be solely for water consumed.
Any additional charges should be raised
through increased rates based on water
consumption, and not by indirect meth
DDS which are unequal in application, "
The report further states that while
the water company gave proper SAM
tation as the reason for this plan. the
city sanitary authorities have the fun
power to force the use of such water
as is necessary to sanitary conditions,
and these matters should be left to
hem rather than the company.
In explaining the new plan Of the
water department fully, Mr. a. G.. Jett.
chairman OF the investigation commit
tee stated that in some cases as much
as $50 would be added to the bill where
one meter is serving to furnish water
to a group OF small dwellings.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
TRUSTEE S SALE

Default having been made in the pay
ment of the debts and obligations Sc
cured to be paid in a certain deed of
trust, executed the sth day of Sep,
wife. Mrs. Ethel Gavin Mcmahon, to the
undersigned as trustee, as same appears,
of record in the office Of the register
of Shelby county, Tenn, in book $40,
page 1876, and the owner of the debt Sc
cured having requested the undersigned
to advertise and sell the property Sc
cured by said deed of trust this is to
give notice that we will, on
MONDAY, OCT. Is, 1920
Commencing at IL o'clock, noon, at the
southwest corner of the courthouse;
at the Adams avenue entrance thereof,
proceed to sell at public outcry to the
highest and best bidder forgcash, the
following described property to-wit:
Situated in shelby county. Tenn, as
follows:
An undivided one-trird interest in
those two certain lots or parcels OF
lands known as lots two (2) and three
go of a subdivision of lot seven %, in
block No. forty-five (45), South Mem
Lot two (2). beginning in the west
line of South Third street, formerly
fernando street. three hundred and
ninety eight (39s) feet south Of south
line of Beale avenue, running thence
west with north line Of the lot, as
signed to Mrs f. H. Hines one hun.
G76I9) feet to a stake thence, north
thirty-one and forty-two hundredths
(S1 .i2) feet to stake one hundred,
seventy-two and eighty-two hundredths
south Third street; thence east one
hundred. seventy-two and eighty
two hundredths f07282) feet TO the
west line of South Third street, the
southeast corner of lot No. three go;
thence south with west line OF south
Third street to the point OF beginning.
Lot three go begins at the northeast
corner OF the lot above described, runs
thence west with north line OF lot two
)2) one hundred. seventy-two and
eighty-four hundredths 072sD feet to
stake. the northwest corner Of lot two
19I' thence north two and eighty
seven -hundredths (2.S7) feet to a stake
at northeast corner OF the Callahan
house: thence north twenty-three (23)
degrees east, parallel with Rayburn
boulevard formerly GaGsfSy ra stFHfI
al 2oD feet to southwest corner Of lot
sold 10 Mrs Parker by Mrs. S. A. Muir;
rah, thence east with south line OF SAID
Parker lot one hundred sixty llop)
feet to point IN the west line Of south
Tbtrd street: thence south thrty-thre
tss1 feet to point Of beginning; this be-
ing the same property conveyed on
Dec. i, 1883, to John Gavin, father Of
The said Mrs Ethel Gavin McMahon, by
Rridgeforth & Buchanan, and by deed
recorded in book ISL page No. 1870 reg
ister's office, said shelby county. Tenn
All right and equity OF redemption;
homestead and dover waived In sala
deed OF trust. and the title Is believed
~ he good but we will sell and convey
only as trustee. . rr,,e-- c.c
Dam Trustee.
Rvs ]. SHEPHERD. Trust officer
McKeilar, Kyser & Allen. Attorneys
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
Release Suspect -.
Ndbbed In Myrtle
Ford Assault Case

Ernest Wright. Pioneer street, ar
rested Friday afternoon as suspect
In the Myrtle Ford assault case, Satur-
day was released after Investigation by
Detectives Jamison and Bill Hendricks.
They said Wright positively was not
the mysterious man who assaulted Mrs.
Ford and later threw her in ditch
alongside the Y. & NJ. v. railroad tracks
near Horn Lake road.
When hailed to police station he was
attired in overalls, muddy, and, wore
several days growth of dark beard.
Mrs. Ford so described her assailant
to officers. s.
Some difficulty was encountered In
locating James Ford, husband of the
woman. He was employed on sprink-
ling job at Goldsmith's store where
an addition is being erected. Officers
had lengthy conversations with mem
bers of the husbands family. 1t was
said there is no desire to prosecute.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
scandinavians Paclfists.

The Scandinavians are very much i'm
pressed by pacifist doctrine ana many
have been persuaded to believe the Ike
publican campaign idea that the league
Of nations means war instead OF peace,
Even though Norway and Sweden nave
Joined the league of nations, the Scandl-
navians here are against the league
Their opposition has been carefully Cul-
tivated by Republican press,
with only one or two exceptions, all
the influential newspapers OF Mime
sofa are Republican and have becn
feeding the people Hiram Johnson doc
trine Even those who favor the league
take their stand behind Senator Kellogg,
who voted for the Lodge reservations
and the number who want the league
as brought back by President Wilson is
.negligibly small.
This territory is SO friendly to Hard
ing that IL even draws distinction ot
tween the managers Of the Republican
candidate and the nominee himsel II
For instance. the writer encountered
considerable dissatisfaction here among
Republicans with the course Of the Re
publican national committee IN handling
the senatorial investigation OF campaign
funds
II is a matter Of common gossip that
Gov Cux's figures Of "A 100000 quota
here were correct and that the Renub-
Ucan leaders made q big mistake when
they failed to explain II HereAbout
| they don't think IT sinful TO contribute
| 500 600 to run campaign ana they
| would have preferred an admission OF
the quotas coupled with demand that
| cox prove that any Of the money was
| used or would be used for corrupt pur-
poses They think, too that II was un-
| wise TO fan into CoNs trap by permit
ting the diversion OF the public interest
! from the league issue to a discussion Of
| imaginary quotas. the size OF which is
not as important as the size OF the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
SlUedish Workers
ABUSED Against
Going To Russia

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-swedish
workers have been advised against emil
grating to Russia by committee rep
resenting the Swedish metal trades,
which went TO Russia last May to in
quire into labor conditkens there with
view to the emigration Of 5000 skilled
Swedish workmen.
The committee /, in its report. pub
hshed IN Stockholm and received by
the state department, declared it found
the Briansk district of Russia wholly
unsuitable for colonization, as sanitary
conditions were unsatisfactory and food
scarce with little prospect of improve
ment.
Industries in the Ural region, the
committee reported, are "deplorably
misnnanaged," many mines full of water,
factory equipment stolen and the peo-
pie apathetic and Respondent
The Boishevik authorities In Petro-
grad. according to Baltic advices re-
ceived by the state department, regard
civilians who seek food for themselves
as food spectators" and the extra
ordinary commission. vested with abse-
lutte powers, has adopted a merciless
policy in dealing with such cases, A
sentence Of three years at hard labor
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
TRUSTEES SALE.

Under and by virtue of the powers
vested in me. as trustee, in a certain
deed Of trust, executed by H. P. VIII
son and Vera Wilson, as shown by
deed of record in record book 713 page
6S3, OF the Shelby county records. and
part OF said Indebtedness having be-
come due and the same having not been
paid, then all of the said indebtedness
is declared to become due in the said
deed for the purpose of foreclosing
same, and at the request of the benefic-
larry therein mentioned, l will on
TUESDAY, SEPT, IA, 1920
at II o'clock, noon, at the Adams ave-
nue. entrance of the courthouse of said
county, the northeast corner of Adams
avenue and Second street, proceed to
sell at public cutlery for cash, to the
highest bidder the following described
real property, located and being in the
State of Tennessee and County OF Shell
by, and described as follows to- witt.
Lot No. q (Twenty-seven) East End
Land Company syndicate subdivision,
as shown by Plat Book No. 3, page 1879,
and same property mentioned in record
book No 3S3 page No. IS, Of the rec
ords of Shelby County, Tennessee.
The equity Of redemption, dover and
homestead have been waived. and the
title is believed to be good. but l sell
and convey as trustee only.
ELIZZABETH HICKOK,
Trustee
EDGINGTON & EDGINGToN.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
Leaders To Be Questioned.

OF course, nobody who spends day
or two In any state can hope 10 go
away cocksure OF that state, but in nine
cases out OF ten, disinterested reporter
can draw deductions from the optimistic
or pessmistic tone Of the rival lead
ers as we'll as from the broad minded
men in a community who are not guld,
ed by craftsmanship. These men VIII
have been making analyses of their own
states for many weeks before the traV-
cling reporter arrives.
Sometimes, for local reasons, the
resident newspaper men do not PRINT
all that they feel about their own states.
The political wayfarer usually agrees
not to disclose the source Of his tnfor-
ma ton and thus picks up lnValuaole
Information. This is the season OF the
year when many reporters VIII travel
extensively to find out how other sec
tons of the country are politically IN
clined, and If one has built up a string
of friends in every important city from
coast to coast and knows the personal
equation of each man and his abluty in
| the past to Judge his own state, the
| task of analysis is bound to be reason
ably accurate
Both Democratic and Republican
newspaper men will confide to you that
as things look now, Senator Harding
will carry the state by good majority
The third party movement failed TO ma
teralize and the only question IN us
pute among observers is whether the
state will go for Harding by 100000 or
az some conservatives put 1t, by rs, 900
Anyway. no Democrat Of standing Is
claiming Minnesota is as close as 1t was
~ 1915, when Wilson almost won the
electoral vote. .,.
The reasons for Harding's strength
here are quite simple. Much OF the
electorate is Scandinavian and German,
The Germans are bitter against wilson
for his war record They voted for the
he kept us out of war slogan in 1916
| because they wanted to be kept out OF
a war with their fatherland. They
cherish resentment and will sohy 1t at
the pollS
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
FINE PAINTINGS
SHOWN AT FAIR
Representative Studies From
Chicago To Be Seen as Well
as Local Work.

Lovers Of fine art will have their in
ming at the Tr state fair September IS
TO October 2. where. in addition to the
many displays by local talent, both
professional and amateur splendid
exhibit from the Art Institute, of Chi
cago, will be displayed. Twenty repre-
sentative paintings have been selected
and will be brought to the fair by Ross
Crane of the extension department of
the institute, They will be shown in
the Woman's building along with art
work entered for competition;
The institutes exhibit will include
the following fine pieces: "Losette, y
by Kari Buehr, Hitting the Saw Dust
Trail" by George Bellows Meadow
Bloom" by Adrian Brewer; Ranches
church" by Ernest Blumenschein, The
Horse Trade, by Ethel Coe; Woods In
Rocks by Paul Dougherty; A Day in
March," by j. Jeffrey Grant, santa
Clara Indian Girl" by Robert Henri;
1.-THE Cotton Gin" by Harry l.. Hoft-
man: New England Village" by Will
son Irvine: Garden Flowers" by Al
fred Juergens The Top OF the World,
by Irma Kohn, Market in Bruges." by
ossip Idnde: THE Bridge" by Jonas
Lie; The Mandarin Coat" by Richard
Miller; The Knitters, y by Pauline
Palmer; Woods In Winter by ). W.
Redfleld. Equinox Mountain" by
Chauncey Ryder; The BRIDESMAID
by Anna Stacy. A..
The department OF fine arts at the
fair this year is divided into four sec
tions. one for professionals, one Tor
amateurs. one for beginners and the
other devoted to china work. protes,
sional and amateur The professional
section viii have classes for original
oil and original water color paintings
and miscellaneous, such as etehlhg'
nastel charcoal drawing, clay model
ing. poster, scene from life, ink draw
ing and pencil drawing The section
for amateurs will include pracucaliy
the same classes, with more attention
to the charcoal. pastel, poster and nus
classes. The section Tor ne
ginners is open to students under 10
years Of age. ..,,,,,r,.,,,,
Tho crafts department In con1uhcuoh
with the art department VIII open
field for many kinds OF hand made ar
ticles. such as jewelry, basketry, metai
work leather designing, decorative
art novelties, paper flowers etc
one OF the interesting features , toi
all women visitors will be a display
Of decorated tables. Ordinary dlllhs
tables viii be utilized by the women
for prizes thar t0tal @V'
Several tables displayed in the Wo-
mans building last year attracted u"
usual attention.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
LITHUANIANS REFUSE
TO WITHDRAW FORCES

WARSAW. Sept II, CBy the ASso-
ciated Press. "a note has been re-
ceived by the Polish foreign Office IRON ON
1ithuania refusing 10 wilhdraw nv, Ihe
Iithuanian forces to the toch line,
h hui asking that a conference be held IN
Mariampol. situated on the demarNa-
ton line. ,.,..,,., ~ the
cc,tncn Of ministers the secretary OF
foreign affairs Minister ,SarlSha an
nnunced that the Poles had replied ar-
handing withdrawal Of the lAthuan'
,nnn ,,,ithout further discussion. FRO
yi ,i the withdrawal should be e.
fectcd. the secretary said a r conf,
would be held with the LAihuantla IAN
I.nrsrning boundaries, but not olhyr-
wise The Lithuanlans. he added, also
must guarantee not to be friendly win
germany and soviet Russia at the eN-
pensc Of Poland. ,. r,
I,kranian question but nd decision was
reached.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
SETTLEMENT OF OIL
DISPUTE PREDICTED

WASHINGTON. Sept 11.--Settlement
of the petroleum controversy between
the Mexican and the United States
governments satisfactory to both coun-
tries is expected by DIR. Alvaro Tore
Diaz. recently appointed Mexican min
lister to Brazil, in Washington on his
way to his new post DR.. DiaZ was
confidential agent in Washington Of
the revolutionary movement that over
threw President CarranZa. Discussing
the oil question, he said:
President de la Huerta has no de-
sire to inflict imposition Of any sort
on foreign interests and only wishes
to safeguard the rights of Mexico and
prevent speculative exploitation, though
in Mexico as in the United States, it
requires time to adjust matters Of such
great Importance
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
SUES JESUITS.

ST LOUIS, Sept, u suit for SO, 900
was filed in circuit court late yester-
day by Leo Stachowiak. Of this city,
agains, the Society OF Jesus Ohc lie
suit orderl Of the Catholic church.
Stachowiak asserts he was accepted as
a Law brother u he order 10 years ago
and during that tine performed hard
yahor." sometimes working is hours
:. day He recently left the >order and
asks the amount named as remunera e
ton for the work he alleges he per
formed
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
COX AND HARDING
CROWDS SAME SIZE

HAMlINE. Mimi, sept il.-H(t ,.I.,,
the same number Of persons heard l.,,, ,,,',
cox, Democratic presldenuM nonlnS,t'
and senator HARDING Republican cAnnl-
date make addresses at the Mlph'e",
tat. fatr here this week. according TO
figur.e given out today by + W Mur-
INV, president NJ the state fair hoard.
According to dispatches from Nrw
YORK. George Whi,', chairman ~ me
bemocratic national committee. was
quoted as saving that more than IW'ce
a.. NAM persou. attended the fair Mon.
Ia, when GOV Cox talked than PAID
admission 10 hear senator Harding on
NIadptGIHN
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
a------------ - - =
MORE THAN 100000
PAYING INCOME TAXES

WASHINGTON. Sept u.-Mcre than
$3.50 o0J firms and ihdivi iuals are paw
ing income taxes this year. according
10 figures made public by the bureau
OF iuternaAr revenue These figures also
reveal thsp practically 5000. 900 taxpay-
ers already have paid their income taxes
IN full The bureaus statement shows
that individual returns for incomes in
excess ~ 5000, including those OF in
diyiduals and firms numbered 700 600.
Nearly $50 600 corporations have filed
income tax returns but only 5000 have
paid their taxes IN full
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
OPEN new LINE TO
SOUTH CUBAN PORTS

New steamship service between Gulf
port. Miss, and south ports of Cuba
has been established by the Ecuador
Line steamers that will greatly improve
the export service between Memphis
and Cuban ports, it was announced
Saturday by H H. Schutt, general
agent for the Gulf G. Ship Island rail-
road
The steamer Nika will sail from Gulf
port, Miss September Is for Cienfue-
Cos, Manzanilo, Santiago and Guanta-
namo, Cuba This line will protect the
same rates as apply from New Orleans
to these ports, and first class insurance
may be obtained on bills Of lading at
25 cents per 500 valuation to north
Cuban ports and 80 cents to South Gu
ban ports. Regular service to Havana
is contemplated
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
YOUTH IN DYING WORDS
SAYS HE WAS MURDERED

KNOXVILLE. Tenn. sept 11-Fred
Clark Arnold. ~, Russellvlle, is IN jail
charged with the killing of Walter
Brockwell Is. his companion, last Tues
day. while the two presumably were
hunting Found in the woods several
hours later, Brockwer died soon after
being removed home.
Arnold claimed Brockwell committed
suicide but IN a dying statement 20 the
sheriff Brock well said he had been shot
with intent TO Kin II is said Brock
well threatened TO reveal damaging evil
dence against Arnold and that Arnold
lured him 20 ~ WnUds with intent to
KIN
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
Mrs. Elders Body
Buried At Trenton

TIL body OF Mrs, Belle Bright Elder,
Ts,-who died at the home OF her daugh-
ter, Mrs. j. c. Cawthon. l74i Autumn
avenue was forwarded Saturday TO
Trenton, Tenn, via the n, C. & st, L.
for burial Mrs. Elder was a daughter
OF the hte Or Johnson Bright. and
was the widow Of Charles A. Elder
prominent citizen OF Trenton. Mrs. Ell
der is survived by five daughters Mrs
Cawthon Mrs, julius Wells Mrs, r, C.
Hays, Mrs. Norman Gay and Mrs, John
Bennett, and one son. Eaton Elder,
well known in local real estate circles,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11

is threatened by the soviet to all per.
IONS found carrying as much as a pound
Of potatoes for their own use.
Capital punishment has been evoked
under the arbitrary powers OF the soviet
TO deal with spies and those charged
with ounter-revolutionary activities
and even those charged with being
confirmed SPECTATORS and thieves
Peasants who seek to recover grain
requisitioned from them by the soviet
are punishable with death, and other
offenses with imprisonment at hard la
hAR
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
HEARTS In ACCORD"
FOCH TELLS KNIGHTS

PARIS. Sept. 11.-Marshal Foch was
among the speakers at luncheon given
to the Knights of Columbus delegation
yesterday by Frederic Francois Marsal,
minister of finance The marshal SAID:
knights You have shown us that
friendship between rations does not de-
pend upon governments but upon the
hearts Of one people beating in accord
with ,another You have stirred the
heart Of France by showing us the
heart Of America"
Looking straight across the room at
Judge Ebert H. Gary, Marshal Foch de-
clared the great French steel industries
at Briey and Thionville would be re-
organized
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
Baby's Long Fall
DiSDrODes DGrLDin

NEW YORK, Sept. 1i.--Charles
Darwin, who said the struggle for
existence results in the survival OF
the fittest. forgot one essential ele-
ment--luck.
Proof of this oversight was sup
piled today by an infant member OF
New Yorks East Side tenement
dwellers When Mrs. Joseph Wee
chic, the baby's mother, saw him
fall from a fourth story fire escape
last night she ran out. panic-strick-
en-, expecting to see him crushed to
death.
Instead. however. she found her
child happily gurgling in a cush-
toned baby carriage ir which he had
landed, unframed. ..
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
SEES BETTER TIMES
FOR AUTO INDUSTRY

Back from Lansing, Mich, w. H.
Claypool, of the REQ Memphis Co, pre-
diets that within the next few months
general conditions in the automobile
Industry will once more regain normal,
healthy status.
Il found that with the REQ factory
things were humming without the
slightest indication of a let-up, he said
Tn fact, last months business I was
informed. set new peak record for
production and sales, and late specfica-
lions of requirements from dealers were
greater than could be filled.
II don't make any prediction as 10
how long this condition will obtain,
hut from my observations up the cour-
try I would say that the worst is over. -
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-11
"Heads VIII Fly"
Er-KdiSer Quoted

BERLIN. Sept Am extraordinary
aarlaration by Former Emperor WI
liam, made on the grounds Of bis resi-
donce at Doom rs reported by Nor'
waerts, in q story purporting 10 en-
anatc from a Fruasian junkcr VINO re
Gently visited him 1900.
II Is state the former emperor was
cronpiug tee when he suddenly eA-
claimed. as ne struck furious blows with
This is the way heads viii hy, to
the right and left when return TO Ger
Commentlng on tho remarks. Nor-
waerts says. ,
ness as a politician