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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

Sims. Dolores Hin. Clara John rosy,
Lucy ArkNn Floyd Lamherth, Jose
phiuc Mckinney. Elizabeth Graham,
Martha Evelyn Hamilton. Irene Ed
wards. Elizabeth Law. Marguerite
Rogers Marion and Helen Bickford
aud katherine Halperin.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
Bry's Candy Bargain Thursday

Fresh wberries in Chocolate, Use H.
Diamond Special Mixed, soc pound
Bitter Sweet Rolled Chocolates, zoe h.
Pecan Divinity Kisses Acc pound
IL you like "'Tin We Meet Again"
Your Old Home Town" adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
Missionary Entertainment.

The Womans Missionary society of
the First Methodist church will be en-
tertained at the home OF Mrs St John
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

Mrs T.. A. PASSING will entertain
members of the Mary Latham Social
circle on Thursday afternoon AT
O'clock in her home, 2o3l Lamar houle-
ward
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

A general meeting Of the Martha
Beaton guild viii be held at HOLY
Trinity church on Thursday Afternoon
at O'Clock
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

The annual election Of officers Of the
Parent Teacher Federation OF Mem
phis and shelby county viii be held
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at CEN
trail high school
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

The Ladies auxiliary to the Rarou
Hirscn synagogue and the Hadassah
chapter will meet Thursday afternoon IN
the home Of Mrs l. Lyons, 1881 Mel
son avenue.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

Mrs Senter Rainey Of Caruthers-
vile, Mo- is visiting in the city as
the guest Of friends
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

Miss Evelyn Salmon will return Wed
nesday from Washington, where she
has been attending Chevy Chase school
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

Mr.. and Mrs $. r. Phillips will have
MS their guest for the Weekend, Miss
Mary Oxford, Of Selma, Ala
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
Cow BILL WILL
4 be A MATERIAL
AID To- FARMERS
Counties Can Now Help Free
holders Build Up Their,
Own Herds.

Bismarck.-The most important law
passed at the last session OF the legis-
,ature was the COW bill which became
operative July /. Its chief purpose is
to- promote the dairy industry. The
I.tsV. A. forces in the lower house did
everything within their power to block
the passage Of this measure, or emas-
culate it, but they were unsuccessful.
Perhaps the outstanding provision
Of the COW bill is a section authorizing
counties to use the proceeds of bond
issues or warrant sales for purchasing
dairy herds for farmers upon petition
Of so free-ho1ders.
To avail themselves of the advan-
tages of the law communities must or.
ganize dairy associations consisting OF
10 Of more farmers each. The func.
lions of these central bodies will be to
look after the distribution OF; animals
and arrange for payments between the
individual members and the counties
No one farmer can get more thar
five cows, the total of which must no,
exceed $1,000. A first lien is taker
on the herd as well as the increase
Money realized from either the SALE
Of the original herd or increase mus
be applied to the debt held by thu
county against the farmer.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
An wi andsits Cur.

Interest III Kansas EIfys efforts Ia
rid itself of the biIlboard nuisance
win be keen In every city In the cooutni.
try where the citizens are awake to
the Importance Of maintaining urban
and suburban districts in q condition
of tidiness and beauty. The absurdity
OF spending great sums Of money for
good highways and other public Inn
provements, and then allowing them to
be heavily discounted by the presence
Of glaring and unsightly signs and pic
lures, is too well understood and too
obvious to call for detailed argument.
It appears that what is chiefly needed
II order to gain relief from the aggres.
sfve billboard, in any city in the
United States, is definite and rigorous
local action. st. Louis has met with
success In this direction, now Kansas
City Is following In its footsteps, and
many other centers might wisely fall
into line.-Christian Science Monitor.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
THE BILL

The department of agriculture does
not want to have any administrative
control or judicial power under the
Capper-Volstead bill, If and when tina,
measure is passed. That was deter.
mined at a conference Of bureau heads
the other day. The bill has had two
forms. One providing that the deci
sion as to whether a cooperative as.
ISOLATION of farmers was legitimate
should be determined by the depart.
ment of agriculture, and the other
gave that duty to the federal trade
commission.
The agriculture experts take the po-
sition that they can furnish informa-
ton as to what function an association
of farmers is performing, but they
should not be asked to do what the
federal trade commission was organ
lied to do--say whether unfair meth
DDS of competition are being employed.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
BEAuTlFYlNG THAT BARE SPOT
Ferns Particularly Adapted for Growth
In Garden Spaces That Seem
So Uninvlting.

There is perhaps no plant grown
which appeals to the refined taste OF
the gardener and lover of plant life
as the fern-with its wonderful grace
Of form and variety of color shading.
Few people realize what charming
effects can be obtained at q very small
cost with the aid Of our native wood
ferns. We admire them when they are
seen in their native cool and shaded
haunts, but we do not realize they can
easily be transplanted and will quickly
contribute to the beauty Of VI lawns
and gardens. @
Ferns may be found in the woods
Of almost every state in the Union.
Around every house, whether in city
or village, there are shady spots where
grass and flowers will not grow. We
look at these bare and uninviting
places and wish something could be
done to make them attractive. Take
a day off, 60 to the woods, and with
q trowel dig up some ferns, secure as
many varieties as possible, plant them
in the prepared bed, the larger varie-
ties at the back, the more delicate in
| front.
It does not require SO many for a
start, as they multiply rapidly. Keep
them moist until thoroughly estab-
lished. Late in the fall, cover with
leaves. In the spring do not remove
these leaves from the bed, as they
help to hold the moisture. Enrich the
soil and give the ferns more of their
native conditions. Thus the forme,
unsightly spots will have become
places Of joy and beauty.-Thrift Mag
aZine.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
BlLLBoARDs HIT BY DECISION
BY Ruling of Supreme Court They
May Be Barred From Resi-
dence Districts.

The power granted cities by the
United States Supreme court to elimi-
nate billboards altogether in the resi-
dental districts is hailed with appro-
baton by the American Civic associa-
ton in a bulletin which it devotes to
the billboard evil. The decision which
protects the millions of dollars invest.
ed i'm homes and civic improvements
was rendered in the case Of the Cusack
company against Chicago.
The Civic association, in the strong
est language, urges communities to
protect themselves from the %intrusions
of billboards in the residence districts.
It calls the billboards "~eyesores,'
which %depreciate property values.
Los Angeles already has taken adj
vantage Of the power given it by the
Supreme court to bar billboards from
all parts Of the city except business
districts. Whether a block is In a
business district is determined by the
written consent Of the owners of &C
per cent of the property in the block
and the two adjoining blocks.
So 1t will take the permission Of the
owners of two-thirds Of the frontage
In three blocks to erect billboards
along one block. ~
Ihe billboards may be banished ad
any time upon the request of the
owners of So per cent of the frontage
Kansas City Star.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29

noon on the GER course. Perhaps d
next day he would make his ueclara"
ton.
But the next day he was in no
hurry. Helen was in a wonderfully
Joyous mood and this seemed decided
ly suspicious. 1t would be time enough
at five o'clock to ask her.
"Patrick Henry turned out to be
Of the feminine gender, I dare sayY"
he asked, as he glanced over proofs on
his desk of that writer's latest con-
tribution.
Miss nothing" laughed Helen, "and
the funny thing was he"
$50 it was a man after ALI" MI.
Truman felt an irritation that he could
| not account for.
"It was so funny. He is really per-
fectly wonderful. I hadn't told you,
but we had got very well acquainted
with each other through the letters
we have written. I knew I liked
him, but I imagined he IA going to be
some quiet, studious little man Of
about your build" j
"Well" Mr.. Truman was distinctly
irritated at that remark. =,
"Well, he wasn't at all. You see he
had discovered in the third letter that
I wasn't q man, and-well, I don't
know how it happened, but we got aw-
fully fond of each other, and-well,.
he asked me to marry him, and I said
I couldn't say yes till I'd seen him.
And he said there was something about
him that I might dislike very much.
He thought I would, he said, from
something I said in one of my first
letters. You see I told him I was
glad his heroes didn't have broad
shoulders, or something like that, and
well, you see he has, and he turned
out to be Capt. Patrick Henry Madison.
Isn't that wonderful? Iexplained, Of
course, that what I said about stories
had nothing to do with the way I felt as
a girl. So I just said yes right away,
and I thought I'd tell you first be-
cause you and I have always been such
good chums, and-Patrick and I will
be married in a week or 80. I thought
you ought to have time to find some
one else to I'LL this chair"
Mr.. Truman was signing letters
with an air Of considerable preoccu-
patton. He gently stroked his bald
patch and Strengthened his blue serge
shoulders. i,
"It's very funny that a man in the
service would be content to leave all
patriotic flavor out of. his stories. /
should think he would be SO enthusiast
tic he would want to- MI. Truman
had definitely decided he wouldn't like
Captain Patrick.
"Oh, he's enthusiastic, all right, and
he's going to write one great big thrill
ing war story. He's just been wait
ing till he could write a really great
one. You'll take it, won't you, Mr..
Truman?"
"Yes-unless Tn not here either.
You see, I've, been thinking OF getting
into the war myself. There is a mighty
strong appeal about khaki and all that
sort Of thing" and the associate editor
assured him that there was. !,
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
ARMY COURT FACTS.

Late reports show that during a lit
tie more than a year Of our participa-
ton insthe World war, there were 1885,
600 inferior court and $4,000 general
court Isl in the army. or The cases
brought against enlisted men, 96 per
cent were tried, ana 81 per cent of
these resulted In conviction. The ay-
erage sentence was about seven
years. OF the total number Of enlisted
men It would appear, therefore, that
n In evasy Ten VAS brought before
the bar OF military Justice.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
HOPKINS HOPS
over TRACES
Chairman Of Forty Is
Dissatisfied With Third
Party Ticket.

Chicago, I'LL. A IA. Hopkins.
chairman of the Committee of Forty.
eight, has kicked over the traces two
days after the formation of the third
party. In a statement issued here he
attacks the newly-formed farmer.
labor" party, declaring there is still a
demand for a real new party.
eThe purpose of the delegates of the
Committee of Forty-eight and the
Labor party in meeting to organize a
common convention was never con.
summated," the statement said. "A
joint convention never was organized,
did not function as a Joint convention.
and tragically failed to form such o
party for all the American people.
"On the contrary, the meeting was
under control of a few labor leaders.
who, in my judgment, did not repre-.
sent the desires of the rank and file OF
labor Parliamentary procedure was
f1agrantly disregarded- Even the as.
pirants of the labor delegates them.
selves, as evidenced by frequent dem
o~nstratioas, was smothered.
Furthermore, it was apparent from
the action of their conference and
platform sub-committees-all of whose
hearings Z attended, and from what
occurred upon the foor-tkat the
labor leaders were determined not
only to dominate the proceedings, but
to prevent the formation Of a party
and the adoption of a platform which
would give the American people q
sane, economic program, by means of
which the people could function polit-
ically through candidates Of their own
choosing"
sUnder these circumstances, Mr..
Hopkins said, he, could. not affiliate
with the new party, and he asserted
that millions of American citizens
would still demand a political medium
for expression.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
GOOD ROADS 1919 PROGRAM
Michigan Starting on Greatest Era OF
Highway Construction in His
tory of State.

Michigan is going to start on the
greatest era of road building in the
states history, declares Edward N.
Hines, first vice president Of the De-
troit Automobile club. Mr.. Hines adds
that Michigan highway constructors
have seen the folly of their ways in
building roads too narrow and of types
not permanent. They will correct this
In the future.
Every citizen, iaeeluding the farmer,
business man, laboring man and the
resident of the small town, e e the
need Of permanent highways, the case
being proven to them by wartime CON
ditions, according ITO Mr.. Hines. This
was brought about by the inadequate
freight and express service, the food
situation and the general need to con
serve labor wherever feasible.
clad the war continued" Mr.. Hines
stated, Il had records of projects for
building of concrete roads in the state
that likely would have been put
through by the proper authorities in
Washington because of their war ne
cessity,} there being some 656,000
tquare yards. Other projects for con-
crete roads in Michigan financed by
the Covert act whose issues were sold
and the money not expended during the
past season, and direct tax levies
amounted to 1,347,909 square yards, a
total for the state of close to 100000
square yards. All OF this will be built
in 1919 andsin all probability thissyard-
age will be doubled by the time the
road construction work begins in the
spring.
wayne county's concrete roads
have stood the test since the United
States entered the world conflict. The
normal traffic, plus the enormous war
haulage BY army trucks over concrete
roads seven, eight, nine and ten years
old, was handled satisfactorily and
the highways held up in perfect con-
dition. Eyes Of the road builders
throughout the country have been TO-
cused on Wayne county's roads and
the practical demonstration OF the
value of permanent roads has been
proven here in the vicinity of Detroit.
Wayne, leader among the counties
Of Michigan in mileage Of improved
roads. asked for no county road tax
this year and will have to rely On the
money received from automobile Ii
censes. Consequently 1919 will not APP
proximate previous years. programs
because Of lack OF funds to push the
work to the limit. We expect to get
for a dollar in 1919. though. as
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
Appropriate Gardens

Much that has been said In regard
to the house applies equally well to
the garden. Let it's style be deter
mined by locality. Formal gardens
with neat hedges and direct paths. are
more and more appropriate as we ap-
proach the conventionalities OF city
life. Leave the picturesque gardens
to spacious, picturesque surroundings.
Winding paths and other features of
the natural garden require to be close
to nature. An orchard is both more
useful and more beautiful in the prox-
unity OF the small house that is not
far from town. The cost of main
tenance is least in the orchard garden
with paved paths, Towering shrubs,
and borders Of perennials.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
Plants Trees Along Roads.

DR.. J. r. Westlake, Of virden, Ill,
has started a campaign in behalf Of
fruit tree planting along the public
highways. He favors the planting Of
a fruit tree on every mile of the corrn-
try roads and suggests that the Boy
Scout organizations serve as guar
dams Of the trees after they are plant
ed. He estimates the cost for the
county would be about $4,000. He
has launched a similar campaign IN
other counties Of the state.-Chicago
Journal.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
Why Huttoned Shoes Have Passed

why 6uCtoneo SnoeS rave RAISED.
Every woman with her eyes open
must have noticed that button shoes
are little worn, and no doubt the fact
that lace shoes are as a general thing
neater and trimmer and more easily
kept in condition has a good deal to
do with this.
The fact that button shoes use more
leather than lace shoes is the big rea-
SON behind their disappearance from
fashion, say those who know. 1t does
seem a very little leather to save
doesn't it? But then this is the day
when we appreciate the Importance Of
very small things; the saving of a slice
of bread a day, a lump of sugar or a
half pound of meat--trif1es that we are
assured amount to enormous proper
lions In the aggregate.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
Money Not Going Out.

Quoting statistics from the records
of the state banking board and the
state examiner, a recent bulletin o,
the Bank of North Dakota shows tina
in the four years during whi1s thu
Nonpartisan league program has beer
in operation deposits in state bank!
have increased $3S,OOO.O 900. This is +,
REPUTATION offered to the charge tina
the state industrial program ha'
driven money from the state.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29


81 shall shriek-I certainly shall
shrek if I come to another khaki
hero" H. B. Stanley mumbled this
rather to herself than aloud as she sat
before her high piled desk in the ed
itorial offices of 1.-THE Purple Book;
all-story, ive-cent weekly" III. p.
Truman, the remainder Of the editorial
staff, laid a gentle hand on his bald
head and looked over his shell-rimmed
spectacles at his colleague on the
other side of the room.
Henlooked just in time to see Miss
Stanley dash off her own shell-rimmed
s%pectacles, lean supinely back in her
swivel chair and at the same time
emit a stifled yell.
"There, I said I'd do it, and I did.
The very next manuscript 1 turned to
began right In the first paragraph with
Her head dropped on his khaki Shout
der. Good-by, she whispered and
pushed him away and then at the
end: IF I thought you We're there
waiting for me I could fight a thou
sand Huns They are all like that. If
the hero isn't in khaki he is In sailor
blue and half the heroines are
nurses"
"Was that what made you make
that funny little shrieky noise?" asked
Mr.. Truman obviously relieved.
s. Certainly, why shouldn't II Every
blessed story that comes in is the
same. How I am going to get; enough
possible stories for you to make up
the magazine out of here / am sure I
don't know. They are all alike. The
contribs have lost their balance. They
think that all they have to do is to
bring in a little trench slang, a lot Of
mush and twaddle about broad kha-
XII shoulders, clinking spurs and
that sort of thing and their story is
sold"
MI. Truman suggested that posi-
bly, the readers of the Purple Book
liked climbing spurs and khaki Shout
ders; there were a good many men in
the camps who read the magazine and
they should be catered to.
HE-.
ITO be sure" agreed Miss Stanley,
Sitting the next large envelope that
lay before her and unfolding the man
uscript mechanically. "But I've found
it out. There are only about seven
days a soldier can fall in love, and
we've used each n of those plots
at least i've times v It's mo-
notonous. There is the man who
doesn't know he loves the plain lit
tie girl at home till he gets away
in the trenches, and there is the girl
who doesn't know she loves the awk-
ward, f%rank-eyed, broad-shouldered
hero till he gets away. Then there
is the girl who wants to be a suf-
fragette or something and won't marry
the man till he's gone and then she
gets an idea that she ought to keep
the fire burning and she sends for
him or something and"
Eyes, / know said Truman, who was
bored than otherwiseiat his as
slstant's analyzing tendencies. There
were times when she was delightful,
really too delightful for his own peace
at mind. but. In this mood she was
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
GassI a s9.Ets .Mt "sFt.f Il y = - 4. WsEf-4Ns
PLANT RIGHT KIND OF TIRE TREES / {;
Expert on Subject Offers Advice 70
Outdoor Art Committees Of
Town Booster Clubs.

Booster clubs for town planning and
civic improvements are the natural
outgrowth Of our wartime defense and
patriotic leagues. Our suburban towns
should not overlook this opportunity to
utilize these wartime organizations IN
furthering the welfare Of their com.
munities:. Many interesting activities
can be carried on, for the improvement
and Identification Of your town and
community. I would suggest the fol-
lowing as being important, interesting
and practical.
Have your boosters club appoint an
outdoor art committee. The members
Of this committee should be citizens
who can give considerable time, are
public spirited, self-sacrifcing and ap.
preciate what town improvements
mean. This committee should recon.
mend the adoption Of an ordinance fol
the protection and regulation Of tree
planting on all the public streets.
1t should condemn the planting Of
soft wood short-lived varieties of trees
like the willow, boxelder, cottonwood,
poplar and soft naples. All of these are
a nuisance and In many cases de.
structive. The roots of the willows,
poplars and cottonwoods fill the sew.
ers and injure pavements, while the
box elders and soft naples are Away.
seriously affected by insect and fungus
diseases.
ONLY the ha rdwoo6 Jono.l;vod 1or;
cites should be recommended by this
committee, such trees as the American
elm, red and pin oaks, sycamore, Nor
way naples, lindens, ginko, ironwood
locusts, etc. These trees will grow t,
be several hundred years old, are no
seriously affected by insect and fungut
diseases and seldom look shabby O.
unsightly.-J. 81. FROST in Chicag,
Daily News.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
Mo Need OF Haste.

There was a rookie In the same
squad I was In who objected strongly
to drilling. He executed squads
right and Squads left" in gloomy
silence, but when double time" was
given he growled loud enough for the
whole squad to hear, sHey, what's the
hurry? We amt goin' nowhere
Chicago Tribune.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
Improve the Grounds.

Unfortunate, indeed, is the family
which has no trees or shrubbery about
the house and which has permitted
this much Of 1919 to go by without
planting anything. Pfling up of7 money,
land or stock for some one else to use
at the expense OF, some. of the. com
forts and pleasures easily obtained for
a home is not only poor judgment, but
poor business policy.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
Gas Meters and Guitars.

The gas meters of the houses In New
York city r now recorded by camera.
which yields a permanent record Of
each Of the regular readings.
The guitar was introduced into Ea-
rope by the Spaniards. who copied the
instrument from the Moors.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-29
tiearts Asunder.

we can never marry
sWhy mott"
Il am the heroine Of q summer nov
81, while You are merely the hero OF
q daily storyette. Louisville Courier
Journal.