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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-06

names given to Natty Bumppo, the
hero OF Cooper's pioneer romances,
hence called the Misunderstanding Tales.
ON auction pitch, IL the bidder
needs three points for game and an
otner player needs one, and each makes
what ne needs, who wins?-F. r.
A-The bidder scores first, thereby
winning the game. Otherwise, points
score In the following order: high, low,
Q.-Are many windmills exported
from the United States?-A. NJ. P.
In 1919 windmills to value Of
ported Argentina and British South
africa furnishing the principal markets.
Q.-Is brown sugar unrefined or un-
oIeached white sugar?-C%H. L
A,-Brown sugar is crude cane
81 have lost copy of my dis
charge papers for army service. Can
1t be replaced?-F. e. T.
A-The war department says that
anyone who has lost the original COPY
OF his army discharge may obtain an
other copy of the same by writing to
the adjutant-generafs office war de-
partment; Washington, D. c., stating
the details Of his service in full.
Q-Does the United States use more
Christmas trees than other countries?
A-The department of agriculture
says that our annual consumption of
evergreen trees at Christmas time,
which amounts to nearly 5000, 000 is
as great as the combined number used
in England. Scotland and Wales. 1t
Is also about rs per cent more than
the consumption Of such trees by Ger
many.
ANY reader can pet the an.uar ~
any question by writing The News
Sclmitar Information bureau, Frederic
i. Haskin, director, Washington, ID. c.
rms offer applies strictly to informa-
ton. The bureau can not give advice
on legal, medical and financial matters
1t does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive
research on any subject Write your
question plainly and briefly. All replies
are sent direct to the inquirer. Give
fun name and address and inclose two
cents In stamps for return postage.)
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-06
British Ballads.

The ballad is to poetry what the
bagpiee is to music: a strong, bar
barrie strain that was the precursor
of nobler and better things. In rude
medieval days these stirring songs
of the people kept alive the poetic
impulse and laid seed for the glori-
Gus harvest that came in afterbyears.
Many Of these ballads, asi Gum
mere has pointed out are not so
much the product of one individual
as they are of the community. AS
Ames has stated. too. ballads care
nothing for the facts of history, as
signing historical personages to CEN
turtles before or behind their real
time, giving victories to defeated
princes and playing havoc generally
with history.
Another interesting feature is
their happy go-lucky method Of mar
CATION. No time is wasted in details,
for instance, in Child Maurice:
For have slain one or the courte-
ousest knights
That ever bestrode a steed,
So have I done one (of) the fairest
ladies
That ever ware woman's weed"
One is left in doubt whether John
Stewart actually killed the lady with
his sword, or whether she died of
grief at the sight of her dead child,
none can tell.
Ballads have an individuality all
their own. 1t is impossible for
modern writer to initiate them Many
have tried, but none have succeeded
Perhaps those who have come near
est to it were Sir Walter Scott, An
drew Lang and Oscar Wilde. The
verse Of the latter two is beautiful
but too sophisticated to be the true
ballad. Scott, the poet and antigua
rian, comes the nearest to ancient
perfection in ballad form.
There are 305 ballads known with
over 1900 variations on these They
run the entire gamut from grave to
gay. The greater number appertain
to border warfare between England
and Scotland. The purely love bal
lads are Of singular beauty and
sweetness. Beyond doubt countless
thousands have been lost beyond re-
covery.
British ballads should have a deep
interest to Tennesseans. especially
in the eastern part OF the state Many
Of the primitive mountain folk of our
state and Kentucky sing these I'M
polished gems today as their ances-
tors did in the homeland centuries
ago. But a short time ago near the
eastern border of our state a new
and beautiful version of the "Lyke-
Wake Dirge" was recovered from a
woman nearing her century mark.
Many OF these ballads that have died
out in the land of their birth are still
sung and enjoyed around the noun
tain cabins Of our state
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-06
Diversified Crops.

From Sanford. Fla, comes a report
that has a distinct message Of cheer
for the rest OF the South. A carload OF
lettuce shipped from that pretty lake
town brought its grower a profit OF
S2.64444 after sale in the New York
market The shipment contained 400
hampers and the net profit has es-
tablished record.
The history OF Sanford should be
an inspiration to cotton growers who
are discouraged over the present out
look. 1t should be at once an inspi-
ration and a stimulus to bigger and
better things, Just now cotton IL
low and the outlook dark, 1t has
however. the brightness of the sun
compared with the ordeal Sanford
endured--and from which she has
emerged so successfully.
Sanford and the region surround
ing Sanford was settled from the
four corners OF the earth when the
orange boom was on. Ground was
,broken-and those familiar with pail
metto land will know Nehat task
this was--fertilizer purchased and
trees set out. Then began the task
OF keeping body and soul together I'M
Ill the trees cameAnto bearing. Just
as prospects were beginning to look
rosy came the big freeze" in the
early nineties and the splendid trees
were frozen to the ground
All who could left Florida. Once
prosperous plantations returned to
scrub palmetto, beautiful homes be-
came the abode OF owls and bats and
there was desolation everywhere. In
Sanford alone. three fourths of the
homes and stores were boarded up
and left to the elements. The sui
phur springs with which the town
abounds were left to flow uncared
for. where formerly they had at
tracted a large and growing tourist
element.
Those who were unable to leave
gradually took up truck farming. It
was their only recourse. X was
found that soil and climate were
admirably adapted to this venture;
it did not take large outlay of
capital and the returns were sure.
Gradually the region around Sanford
became vast garden. The growers
formed an association and pushed
their market farther and farther
north until they conquered New
York, Boston and even Montreal.
They how have special express trains
going nUrthward laden with toma-
toes, radishes, cabbage, potatoes, let
tuce and all other kindred produce,
and prosperity dwells where penury
reigned.
Diversified crops brought this
about This region, now one Of the
most prosperous on the globe. PIN
ned its faith entirely to oranges.
Through unforeseen causes the crop
was swept away in single night
the night of the big freeEar' az it
is always known. Then Sanford's
plight was far worse than the plight
of the South with cotton at the
present time. Patience, perseverance
and crop diversification brought I'M
exampled prosperity to Sanford, as it
will to the rest OF the South.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-06
MOVIE STOCK SWINDLE
REACHES $25, 100000

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-The annul
offering of worthless stock in wildcl
motion picture companies amounts
more than $25,0OO,0OO, the vigilanI
committee of the National Associj
ton of, the Motion Picture industI
announced. The judgment, it wi
said, was based on an investigate
of 70 companies which has been
progress for three and one-ha
months. y
The report declared that only tv
or three Of the companies had al
assets or proved earning capaciI
and only half a dozen had offici9
of any experience in the motion pa
ture business.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-06

where you have heart failure everI
time YOU have to buy another galloI
of gasoline.
And ], for one, am not going 4
mortgage my soul to Old Nal
Trouble in, that way.
Understand, / don't think that
young couple should wait unit
they're rich to get married, or unit
they can furnish home in spler.
dor; but they haven't got any righ
to get married until they can star
life out of debt
And that's the ultimatum I'VE pu
up to Jim. If he does not Think aH
worth working for and saving fol
he doesn't want me bad enough q
get ue. I'll say that"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-06
DOROTHY, DIX TALKS
THE PRICE OF WEDDING BELLS.
BY DOROTHY DIX.
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
,,.onyright 1920 by The Wheeler Syndicate Incl

that ever unlocks the door of op-
portunity is a golden one He must
be able to take a few risks. Above
all, II he is to accomplish anything
worth while he must have a calm.
clear mind and be able to give the
best of his abilities to his work. in
stead of having half of his brain
cells employed in trying to figure
out some way to stave off the in
stallment man.
The man who starts out in mar
ried life in debt is beaten at the
very outset He can't embrace the
opportunity that comes his way be-
cause all of his money is going to
pay on the Early Grand Rapids din
ing room suite. He's bound to stick
to his clerkship no matter whether
II leads anywhere or not, because
ne is behind with the butcher and
the baker, and he can't risk being
out OF work a week. And he can't
develop the kind of personality that
employers pay for because debt
taxes the heart out of a man, and
Kills ambition quicker than anything
else IN the world, and turns the sun
NEST nature into crouch.
want my husband to be a sue
cessful man, and so I'm not going
to be the one to handicap him in the
race.
IF want my marriage to be a sue
cess ana that's why insist that 1T
should have good strong financial
plant under it. IT would be all right
for people kwho are in love to get
married, if fhey could exist in real
life as they do in novels, on romance
and kisses.
"But they can't, We've all got
moro stomach than we havd heart,
and after we get married we are
just as hungry as we were before.
and take just as keen an interest in
beefsteak and onions. Also, we've
got to be clothed and housed, and
we find that sentimeHt plays q
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-06

Senator Harding's decision to visit
President Wilson was no doubt in
spired by desire to personally ex-
press his appreciation for the ser
vice rendered the Republican party
by the administration during the re-
ant campaign.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-06
PATCH YOUR HOUSE
WITH HOMEMADE STONE

Possibly you do NOT know how
TO put on stone patch when the
necessity arises.
Wen, our Washington informa-
ton bureau win give you this
up-to- the minute information.
1t has y recipe bulletin on the
subject entitled How to Make
and Use Concrete"
Anybody with this bulletin in
hand can mix up a batch of fluid
concrete. II may then be poured
into mold for a doorstep, de-
cayed foundation. r0tted gate
post, garden wall. 1t hardens,
becomes stone, and will endure
forever.
This bulletin is one Of the Sc
! ries Of practical helps to the
householder that we offer for
free distribution.
You should get every one of
them as they are advertised and
file them away against the time
for need.
Frederic j. Haskin, director The
Memphis News Scimitar Infor-
nation Bureau, Washington.
d. c.:
/ inclose herewith two cents In
stamps for return postage on a
free copy Of How to Make and
Use Concrete"
Name .'..''............ ......
street. '''''.''..''.'....
City ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
State ''r.''''
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-06

This is the season when every
one is disposed to help the fellow
with the empty purse. but even
Christmas charity does not 60 to the
extreme OF dividing with the neigh
Dor with an empty cellar.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-06

5 There aren't enough offices for
every person that voted for the sue
cessful candidate, but the successful
candidate says darned near all Of
them want one.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-06
Boy Kissed Girl and
Has Never Returned
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

r Dear Mrs Thompson-I girl Fl years odA met a
boy of the at dance who wanted to take me home
He kissed several times without asking He has
called since but seems very nice when him Do you
+b;nL, he c,ros fo- no? TIT EVFS
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-07-24
Vacation Platform for Sportsmen-
the Gentlemen of Out-of-DoOrs.
Bv JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN.

We will ego light" will take what need rather than what we
will feet We will BRAINS we
wills study woodcraft We will achieve something
We will not shirk will do share of the
thoroughly and ceeruy will meet the challenge the wilder
like sportsmen-tfe gentlemen of out-of-doors
We keep camp We will burn and bury garbage
poue sparkling lake running stream We will have pure
drinking water and wel-cooked food
We facing the extinction of big
of game fishes that pety has rights and that sports
manhp has responsibilities.
The markehunter gamehog stencil the nosrs Of
the sportsman will And ourselves
will only what need from forest, field and stream
he catching all of fishing We will light tackle
fair will throw back the small oneswhen
trout, with a wet hand. We will obey all game laws
We will the forest build the and to cook and keep
campfire bright but will needlessy wanony dis
figure the fair face Of Nature
will Every fire kndled will be watched while
burning before being left Matches and tobacco will be
handled by us with scrupulous
We will and natural selves and remembering that
Nature breaches honesty and of simplicity and Of
tentment So shall return better
We will repay the hospitality of the wilderness by promoting the
the and wild life creation Of additional
game preserves and national parks.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-07-24

individual We
nd the principle taxing proportion to income and ability pay
and impossible this principle through in any other way than
by directly taxing his individual proportion
to and ability to pay.
If government the entire income received or
accrued individual then there would be tax LEVIED on all e
income there is n country and would escape
federal taxation Of the National ASSOCIATION o
Credit suggested there should be adjustment OF the rates
Of taxation personal Doth normal and srtax meet he
requirements 1t also favor OF the elimination
Of the profits of the corporation income tax
the substitution corporation undbued earnings tax at graduated
rate that payment OF DIVIDENDS ahu
also under this should be subject to the normal TAX
n the hands of the individual
Today the public fast coming to realize that the excess profits tax
which was heraed bearing heavily the great corporations IN the
last being increased Tor everything
they purchase this evil must the cause Abolish
this of doing will be added to the selling
price of merchandise
II congress takes necessary action to change this condition. no one
will taxation who being taxed indirectly and
unu through high necessities will be relieved OF this burden
the high the individual income and you
will reach all of the country including corporation prohs as
well as profits kind for the corporation just OF people
whom profits the business belong and who under an individual
income tax would pay their just share those profits
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-07-24
BIG VALUE OF SUDAN
GRASS FOR PASTURES
Results of Experiments Conduct
ed at Kansas Station.
Six HoIstein Cows Pastured on So
Acre Upland Field Were Unable
to Keep Crop Eaten Down.
Profit SAT Per Acre.

Additional evidence of the high sum-
claimed by the United States depart
ment Of agriculture, is seen in the re-
suits of experiments recently com,
pleted by the Kansas agricultural ex-
pertinent station. 1t is declared that
the grass will prove very important as
summer pasture grass, especially In
the central West.
In test carried out on the expert
ment farm at Manhattan, Kan, six
Holstein cows were pastured on z"
acre upland field Of Sudan grass from
July 10 to October II. The grass
was seeded June 6, and during the
early part of the season cows were
unable to keep the grass eaten down.
This made it necessary to NOW the
grass in the latter part of July; and
7.33 tons Of fieldcut hay were OBJ
tanned In addition to the pasturage.
Estimating the value Of butter fat
at 60 cents a pound and the skim milk
at so cents per hundred, the six cows
produced $183.O9 worth of butter fat
and skim milk above the cost of the
grain fed in supplementing the pas
turage. Crediting the field In addition
with the 1888 tons Of hay at $40 ton,
gives it a total credit Of S25839, or
$47.47 an acre. If the milk had been
sold at 80 cents a gallon the credit
for the pasture would have amounted
to $73.55 above the cost of the grain.
The results Of this definite expert
ment added to large number of I'M
solicited testimonials of farmers, it Is
said, make the value Of Sudan grass
as summer-pasture grass in favora-
BILE seasons seem beyond dispute.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-07-24
zy1oGEMERAL
5EKRM11N0TES

The main objects of cream ripening
are to increase the churnability of
cream and to develop desirable flavors
1t is impossible to produce clean
milk and cream unless the cows,
stable, milk utensils and separator are
clean.
Remember that plants root shallow
and that the roots run deep. Deep
blowing and shallow cultivating suit
tie plant.
It fakes considerable food to feed
the 100000 dogs in the United
States. Some of them are worth their
keep; the sheep-kiHing dog is not
among them.
This country is using its lumber
three times as fast as it Is growing
it. The farm woodlot kept productive
will store up money.
If the instruction book which ac-
companied your binder is lost. better
get another. 1t may save lot Of time
later in the season.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-07-24

es per car in shipments to New York
city, and experienced commission men
in northern cities estimated that 10
per cent of the oranges shipped from
Florida decayed before reaching the
consumer. In 1918 the annual produc-
ton Of cantaloupes in the southwest
ern states was estimated at 100000
standard crates Of As melons each, and
investigations showed that more than
one-tenth Of these melons reached the
consumers so green as to be practical
ly valueless for food.
The mistakes which western canta-
loupe growers and shippers made IL
lustrate the problems with which the
producers have to deal. Many did not
realize that to insure desirable eating
and keeping quality, the cantalOupes
destined for long-distance shipment
should be picked just about the time
at which they will slip Clearly from
the stem. or slightly before this stage
is reached II was found, also. that
the common practices in handling the
that instead of allowing considerable
time to elapse between picking and
loading into iced refrigerator cars.
they should have been loaded as soon
as possible. 1t was demonstrated that
the wrapping of cantaloupes was ,un-
desirable because the wrappers re-
tarded the cooling and often caused
the cantaloupes to become moldy af-
ter they were removed from the re-
frigeratOr cars.
Why Strawberries Decay.
Strawberries may be cited as an
other example. The most successful
shippers, including some in the Ozarks
who send their product several hun
bred miles. have learned from expe-
rience and through Investigations car
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-07-24
CAUSE OF MUCH
WASTE OF FOOD
LARGE Losses of Farm Products
Due to Improper Handling
After Maturity.
PHOTOGRAPHS GIVE REASONS
Problem of Proper Care Of Perishabie
Fruits and Vegetables Appears Com
pick and Confusing Because
Of Details.

In the Photographic files of the bu-
reau of markets, United States depart
ment of agriculture, are many sets OF
pictures which tell story of blasted
hopes-a story of unnumbered growers
of fruits and vegetables who have
toiled early and late through the rains
of the spring and the heat of the sum-
mer only to meet with disappointment
at the end of their labors, because,
after doing all else well. they failed in
one great essential-the method OF
handling their product after 1t ma
tured. The photographs in those files.
taken at numerous railway terminals,
show quantities of celery, onions, po-
tatoes. lettuce, apples, peaches, egg
plant, and many other perishable prod
ucts. mutilated or decayed because
somebody failed to do his job of pick
ing. packing. loading. or refrigerating
properly.
The lesson is all very plain when
one looks atthese photographs and 1t
is not difficult to picture the disap-
pointment and loss of the growers and
shippers represented. But it is by no
means simple lesson. Until one be-
comes familiar with his own special
line the problem of proper handling of
perishabe fruits and vegetables APP
pears very complex and confusing, so
many are the details to be learned.
Nowadays much of the growers pro-
duce is shipped long distances, and If
a full reward for the seasons work is
to be reaped he must learn the special
requirements for his particular prod
uct on the particular journey that it
is to take Each item in the whole list
of products has its peculiarities which
must be reckoned with when ii comes
to marketing. The manner of picking
the size and shape Of the crate or 9th
er container to be used. the fullness
of the pack, the amount of preceding,
If any. the kind of freight car to be
used. how many tiers can be loaded in
the car-these and numerous other
items have to be determined.
Useless Sacrifices Of Food.
The bureau Of markets photographs
and the reports from the bureau food
inspectors at various important termi-
mails indicate that large number OF
shippers who have been Sin the game"
for years persist in practices that are
costing them dearly. A few seasons
ago careless loading of western apples
caused an average breakage of 50 box
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-07-24
ROAD
BUILDING
STANDARDIZING ROAD TESTS
Eliminate Confusion and Other
Difficulties.

Confusion and other difficulties that
have come from the use in different
states of varying tests for materials
used in road construction are expect.
ed to be eliminated by recent con
ference held in the offices of the bu-
reau of public roads. United States de-
partment of agriculture Highway
testing engineers representing most OF
the states attended. From their sug-
gestiOns a system of standardized tests
Is to be evolved.
Manufacturers of road materials, as
well as the federal and state high
way departments. have been inconven
fenced, because materials that would
meet the requirements of one state
would be rejected In another often
because Of different interpretations OF
specifications. Much OF this work Is
done comparatively by the federal and
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-07-24
Secondly, the world suffers

First Germany has snned Secondly the world suffers
Thirdly Germany unrepentan Germany to the
point weeping and crashing of teeth but not for her No.
sorry for her failure There indication that Germany
experienced real Of There indication that
nothing of for the poverty the debt
the famine the disease the suffering the death she has brought
the world Germany angr mazedy ueny and
moroey revengeful but she is still sinner
ought be treated such truly pentan Germany
sorowfu but eagerly make repaan The real
Germany trying by hypocrisy and delay to eade repaaon
Fourth Germany For the good of the world for
her good Germany be made pay far
Filthy the peace treaty should be gidy enforced Germany
realize that she not just punishment and
on repentan Germany greatly to be desired but not
Germany submissive obeden dPrussianized Germany
is necessary for the peace of the world
President Lowell of Harvard UnWersiy the world means
more than seness struggle material pleasure the of
others the life the only that worth living and be
attained keeping ultimate goal always before
Senator UtahThe states regarded with little impor
lance people they would deny them the and the right
enact their own election control their elections
William A. Pinkeon Detective believe the public Win ngpos
would cut quicker than anything else would