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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-29
HOROSCOPE
THURSDAY, pEcaMsga %, tsae.

Copyright, 1920. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndioate.l
Jupiter rules in bSnefic eepSst todey,
according to astrology, dominating all
planetary direetion.
1t is rule under which to buy on
speculation and to take unusual risks in
business, for the stars promise coed
luck in trades OF every cor.
While Jupiter 10 friendly bankers cad
| fiAanciers should 10 especially for
tunate, There is forecast OF new
liAea Of cooperation that may be hshs-
Lawyers come uAdOP . government
OF the stars todNy that m0kes for fame
and honoFs. Many will enter the pub
lie service within the year, the seers
! dsclaFe.
women vision in regerd to their daily
| affairs, AstEologePs believe, end for thls
reason self analysis ~ the caees OF this
year should be productive OF good re-
1 suits,
Stress ia. 10 be Iald on the higher az
tributes OF mihd and there will be Q
general awakening to the true ideals Of
universal bTothtrhoO6, IL is again
prophesie&
Experts in ell professions are TO mul.
tiply exceedingly In 1871, 10 the WON
en- will qualify ss scientiets. ..
Fleece OF amusement will come much
into public notice NJ THE time foe there
will BE- an extraordinary interest," in
| theateFs ana plays.
The West is 20 he disturbed by the
encroachmNnt OF An organisation that
has gained greet power by stealth, IL
is predicted.
A union OF professional men is read
| in the posting of the STARE ana THE
appears to be in some way connected
with physicians and surgeons.
The planetary rule supposed to affect
the teeth Vill be lees elAistsr IN lie
effects during the coming year, but IL
will still have malefic uOwer.
| Persons whose birthdate il 10 have
the auguTy OF happy fortune foF shs
year,
Children born on this day Wil prob
ably have great energy ane the ability
Ito concentrate successfully on any, taak,
These subjects % Capricorn usually rise
rapidly in life.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-29

principal conditions now existing
which make the solution OF the tariff
problem infinitely more difficult than
ever before First, its relation to the
government revenue; second, the i'm
mense, II not almost insuperabie. diff
ficulty of accurately determining
costs CT production at home and
abroad and. third, the question of
what consideration ought to be paid
or discrimination made in favor Of
our allies, not only in view Of our
close relationship with them on ac-
count OF our cooperation during the
ear. but also having in mind the i'm
mense amount OF money they owe us,
both in payment for our enormous
exports In recent ysa3s and OF The
iosns 20 hGVe sdVsSc$d, nov aGGrN-
GSsiAk yearly $4,000, 600, 900.
u SAINT 20 speak first o. the pros
enc relation ~ the tariff to govern
rnsnt revenues when ] first came
into congress, II years ago, ana from
then ola during the administrations OF
Roosevelt and Taf, the Fsceipss from
customs Were OF paramount and vital
importance from the revenue STAND
point. They constituted Al least half,
and sometimes more, Of che total rev
enues 81 che government
AS an instance, in the last year OF
The Roosevelt adm nistratiOn the re-
ceipts from custorns we're something
more than $500. 900, 900 ont Of total
revenue Of lees than oe0S.o0O,OoO. In
1920 the receipts from customs WerS a
tTifle more, namely, about eS2o,0OO.OOo'
but that was out Of q tOtA! for that
yeae % 90, 500, OO0, 600. In other words,
while during the normal years OF re-
cent Republican administrations the
customs receipts have averaged 60
per cent OF all the governments in
come, today they are furnishing less
than 8 per cent.
One Of the remarkable features OF
the present situation IL that notwith-
standing the fact that the war served
as an absolute bar more effective than
the highest sort Of tariff against the
importation Of certain classes Of COM
modities, the total value Of imports
in the past four or five years has in
creased enormously, In 1908 the total
value Of our imports vas about 81
25O. zoo. 900 d.
In 1880 II was more than $1,000
000. 900. Another notable feature OF
the situation is that, while in 1908 Is
per cent of ell our imports came In
free Of duty, today more than Is cent
contribute nothing to the customs,
In 1908 the average I'D valorem rate
on all imports vas % per cent To-
day Il is' barely 6 per cent"
In late years the tariff question has
been lost sight pr a. national issue.
and II is doubtful IL will ever again be
strictly . party question. For many
years Louisiana has favored a pro-
tective tariff, and during the recent
campaign Governor Cox told his au-
dieuces in California that he favored
a tariff on lemons.
The public, however. has declined
to be interested in the tariff question
merely from the point OF public pol
icy. But when the suggestion is made
that the application Of high tariff
on imports will materially reduce
taxation. and at the same time great
~ stimulate the price OF domestic
manufactures and agricultural prod
ucts- as well. in all probability there
will be gradual dissipation Of the
prejudice AGAINST the tariff laws
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-29
No Persecution Here .

As IL there were not enough IN
dissoluble prejudice that has defied
the softening influences Of the ages
Henry Ford is endeavoirnE TO create
an anti Semitic feeling in the Unit
ed States. a country that has been
regarded by peoples of all the world
throughout its history, as a place ~
refuge and a sanctuary from opprc,
sion.
Mr., Ford has done some wise
things and he has done many fool.
ish things, Without the advantages
of an ordinary education, with a
genius for one particular undertake
ing that has brought him deserved
success. Mr.. Ford has launched into
many new and idealistic enterprises
for which he is totally unsuited and
of which he is absolutely ignorant.
His business has reached such
| tremendous proportions and his pol
icies affect so many individuals that
| what he SAYS and does attracts more
than ordinary attention, 1t Is re-
called that he created no end OF dis
turbanCe in Industrial circles by the
announcement that no person In his
employ should be paid less than IS q
| day. At the time this announcement
was made s. a day was regarded as
a good wage, Everyone reJoiced
that he saw fit to pay his employees
we'll. But Mr Ford did. not contem.
plate the difficulties he would en-
counter when he raised an underpaid
clerk or maChnist from $3.50 to Is
and at the same time raised the pay
Of scrubwoman from 81 a day to
s. a dag.
Everyone recalls the foolish voy-
age ~ MIR Ford's peace ship, and
| those who accepted his hospitality
/ for the opportunity 10 take trip
more than because Of their interes,
in humanity. have paid their way
i over and over because OF the jesiy
I they have been obliged to endure.
MIR Ford's libel suit against the
Chicago Tribune revealed him to be
person Of immature mind. whose
ability as a builder Of a light and
| inexpensive motor car could not be
accepted a $ fair example OF his Gull
tursl equipment
Recently Mr.. Ford has begun a
campaign against the JeTs He has
conceived the idea that the Jews
control the money markets Of the
world Because Of the financial
prominence OF Kuhn, Loeb & Co, OF
New York and the Rothschilds, Of
England, Mr.. Ford has taken them
as typical examples Of the financial
leaders OF the universe. Not only
does Mr.. Ford believe that the Jews
represent capitalism. but he also be-
lieves that the Jews are the instiga-
tors Of Bolshevism.
We are glad to see that former
President Taft, in an address deliver
ed few days ago, took occasion to
counsel against the prejudice that
Mr. Ford Is undertaking to engepier
and 10 warn the public that tic
fanciful charges have no place In
free America and declared that men
who seek to introduce It should be
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-29
News OF Memphis
10 Years Ago
DECEMBER &c, 1910.

John l.. Parham, OF the Commercial
associa ion. has been appointed a com
nit ecmHn TO represr that body at
the Memphis fall festival executive
committee meeting
Capt. r. NJ. Kinney local military
officer and identified with he Hooper
Enioe campaign headquarters main
tanned here, will leave the city tonight
for Nashville, where he will conduct a
campaign in the interest of Capt Geo.
T.. Hoppe who seeks the office OF adju-
amt general.
Miss Julia Hargman and her guests.
who have been the recipients OF many
delightful social courtesies, were hon =
orees OF a pleasant box party at the
Lyceum this afternoon with Miss Emma
Kuhn as hostess.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Hume have re-
turned from a pleasant bridal trip In
,he South, and are stopping at the Pea
body Ter several days.
James S. Warren, industrial commits
sioner OF the Memphis Business Mems
club, announces tat another big en-
terprise has been secured for Memphis
through the efforts of the pubicity
campaign, but can not give out the
name at present.
Formal org MIA ion OF the Geological
society was ACCOMPLISHED a. the rasi-
denCc Of HenIy Loeb last night, and The
following officers were elected: Henry
Loeb, president; G. p. j. Mooney, vice.
president; Ernest r. Parham, treasurer,
and Sam r.. Schsrff, secretary.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-29

good looking, attractive ana cute 40
you to have Girl Whe could not hold
her own over every other boy Don't
FACTION Sss tn; You boy ~: e.. ssns
ana attractive, she he Just the OPP
posite, 1t could not be helped that ne
ahould show her much attention on this
occasion. She succeeded 10 punctuHing
. little OF your oenceit didn't she? Well.
nest time you 70 20 zee her ten hsr
hecauas he is 90 much more attractive
than you, but that you love her better
than he ever could DO.
Dear Mps. Then paen--l ON Q OleoN'
a. ysaPe Gle and Q very nice you're maN
whom hsVs met Through relative
ace tsIseheRed 70 ne enc said eOmO
HsvS psrso.eI tNl"es. avoG 90 NSt e ..
Ns met es sna SskINa IL Ne naIVNt saN,
AeW Nsvle ret encourage aim BE-
eauss Q ysuNe cousin % mlne seems
70 Be aeeNly In leVe with thls men,
although they do net 90 teOsthsP, %
have net been together toP Ella months,
che thinks he wants 70 make w and
loved her, sRa that u re- dld che Wevld
be the hspplest GIRL in the world. Mvse
REFUSE ale advances eRa ny 70 ofFOet
q reconciliation in eFdsP % make ny
cousin happy, or should Give him 9
date, as he has asked me To dOS
have been . widow FER merry OlH
years, my husband having dIOd when
we had been married only thrSe months.
Do you think | can forget?
kEART TNN00S,
There is no reason why you should
not receive the attentions Of this man,
Determine after you have known him a
while whether he likes the idea OF be-
ing reconciled to your cousin and II
you think II would be the proper thing
to do. l don't know whether you will
be able to forget your husband or not.
but you are too young woman TO 60
through life lonely and hungering for
love. and my advice Is that IL another
good man offers himself and you love
him, MARI him.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-29

condemned by public opinion. II the
Jews. as Mr. Ford has charged. alone
are capitalists and international
bankers OF the world. he should ex-
plain why out of $4,000. 900 Jews in
the world more than one-half are
still suffering, not only persecution
and oppression, but the bitterest
penury and starvation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-29
LECIONAIRE DENIES
HOUSrONpS ESTIMATE
G aims S1,S78,soo,ooo Not
$2,3Oo,ooo,Ooo Is Figure.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-Testi-
mony by Secretary Houston before
the senate finance committee placing
the cost of ca rying out the
pending adjusted compensation of
soldier bonus bill at $4,000
000,OU0 was characterized by +.
W. Ca braith, national commander
OF the American Legion, in a state
Ment as "a scuttle-fish sl;lrmish to
muddy the waters so ths. the prin-
Ciple involved can be c.ouded in a lot
Of figures that mean nothing"
Nj Galbraith estimated the maxi
mum amount the bonus bill would
cost at sl,s7s,S00, 900.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-29

You have No real cause for divorce
because a little effort on the part OF
both should make yau end your huS-
band happy together. There are many
each other. One OF the most helpful
WAys WoHIa be to read. II you spend
0hlV one night Q week in this way you
would see change. Instead OF thinH-
ing OF divorce. take an interest in your
husband Talh to him Obout his work
ana the ZINE that he spends away frem
terested, without a doubt he win take
moss iatsreot in You, n you had .
chilA. this Would draw you closer to-
Eether than anything in the whole
world, Take good look at yourself
shA zee u you ana yOur husband are
playlnR tAS game fair and sqraIe. You
'out whether your husband would have
70 pew court cesta IL you obtained Q
divorce But my advice is that you
stop thinking about . divorce ana think
ebout that chNo.
Deer Mrs. ThelApSeN--I am Q aaas.
!sek'ns sna attractive yoS"q me" Tsvk.
desperately In love with . precious in
noosnt youns 0iPl, She returned my
sssp aFFsatleR WRtll enc NlOht when two
esuplss o. W made candy and che paid
more attention to the other boy than
to me. He 10 not half as cute as | am
aNd what che ssss In him | can not zee.
en- almost insane with grief and
Jealousy. | have never cared much for
the dsadIisV Of the species until this
fair damael cane Int my life, but now
can not live without one. think
this boy, who is supposed to be my
best friend, should be killed at once.
but can not quite make up my mind
70 do II. VIII you please tell me what
to deH And, oh, don't tell me to for
get them both.
LOVE SICK IDIOT.
The girl did not want to show her
real feelings in . crowd and wanted
also to try out her charms on the other
boy, who fell for her, too. II would
never do in the world for fellow as
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-29
WE
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&s18 GOSSIP
NJ "a (eGS. " $. PAT. OFF,
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HE'D HAVE to hurry.
OR HE wouldn't have time.
TO MAKE himself up.
FOR THE matinee.
AND THEN he left.
AND THE Western man.
THEN WANTED to know.
WHAT HURST had meant.
ABOUT the matinee,
AND I had to tell him.
HE WAS only toshing.
THAT HE always said that.
WHEN HE left anybody.
AND, ANYWAY,
THIS WESTERN friend.
is GONG back home.
AND TELL the folks. .
THAT I'M very familiar.
WITH MR.. Hearst.
| THANK you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-29
LET SCIENCE HELP
WHEN WAsHpAY COMES

There are a thousand ways In
which time and labor may be
saved in the arrangement and
equipment Of the home laundry
room.
Any housewife may apply tests
TO soaps which will tell whether
they are too strong or too mild
and warn her of the effects they
may be expected to have on cot
tons, silks or woolens.
In ironing clothes there are
certain facts an understanding of
which may save ginghams from
scorches, taffetas from fading,
woolens from shrinking.
There is starch lore and bluing
lore. All Of these are TO be found
in a government bulletin dis
tributed free through our Wash
ington information bureau. 1t Is
another OF our helps to house
wives.
In filling out the coupon print
name and address or be sure to
write plainly)
Frederic j. Haskin. Director. The
Memphis News Scimitar Infor-
nation Bureau, Washington,
D. c.:
I inclose hereWith 2 cents in
stamps for return postage on a
free copy of the Home Laundry
Bulletin"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-29

I HAD a friend
FROM OUT of the West.
AND WAS showing him.
ABOUT THE town
AND on the street,
IN A busy !hrons.
ALMOST soIhdes.
WITH BRANDON Hurst.
THE ACTOR man.
AND CHlDED him.
FOR HuRRyING so.
AND sAID to my friend.
FROM o!T. of the Wet,
Il WANT YOU to meet
MY FRIEND. Mr.. Hurst"
AND THEY shook hands r
AND / could sec.
THAT THE Western man.
WAS GREATLY pleased
AND ALL at once.
1T OCCURRED to me.
HE THOUGHT Mr. Hurst.
WAS Mr.. Hearst.
FOR WHOM work.
FOR RIGHT. away.
HE ToLP Mr.. Hurst.
THAT IT was an honor
HE HADN'T expected, y
AND MR.; Hurst.
WAS VERY much pleased.
AND WE stood while
AND KIDDED each other.
WHILE THE Western man.
JUST RUBBERED at Hurst.
UNTIL HURST said
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-29
Young Married Lady,
Is Unhappy She Says
pY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs ThompsonI girl 10 years of age and have
been married for one year and months loved my
band when married, but my love for him IS dead lie
doesn't take interest in and interested in him
Sometimes do not speak words in day. really
unhappy. Would you advise divorce? Would my husband
have 10 oav foF IL? AN UNHAPPY WIFE
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-09-16
Thursday, Sept. l6, 1920
Sheriff Ray Makes Denial.

The statement has been puDllshed
in some of the daily newspapers that
Sheriff Ray refused to serve the war
rants in the now famous "Mayheld
KIDNAPPING case The sheriff states
that this is entirely erroneous. he
SAYS that the warrants in this case
were never placed in his hands, ana
he has had nothing to do with the
case in any way, and he feels that
grave injustice has been done MIN
in the publication ofS such state
ment. He has written the papers re-
uuesting that proper correction be
made, and that he be furnished with
the name of the informant. The
sheriff says that it is a reflection on
his official character to state that he
refuses to serve any warrants that
may be placed in his hands, wheth-
or parties are innocent or guilty, as
that is a matter not for him to de-
eide.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-09-16
Death of Mrs. Rutland.

Mrs. Emma Rutland, wife of o. B.
Rutland, died at her home in this city
Friday night, following an illness OF
several weeks. The funeral and in
terment took place near her former
home at Norway Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Rutland was 3S years of age.
Before her marriage she was Miss
Kirkland, of Norway. She is sur
vived by her husband and five chill
dren and several step-children. She
was a member of the Baptist church
and an estimable Christian woman.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-09-16
IN MEMORIAM.

In loving memory of my dear
nephew, Phillip Bamberg Murphy,
who entered eternal life September
18th, 1919.
"Better a death when work is done,
Than earth's most favored berth;
Better child in Gods great house,
Than King of all of the earth
MISS CARRIE E. BAN1BERG.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28

companies other than In those Of your
own trusted friends so with It 20
tar ~ 90 become an insider yourself.
II you can ascertain upon Inquiry
that the concern Is established and
profitable you can buy the preferred
stock with reasonable safety. II You
have small savings and are not well
posted as to corporation investments
stay out. Land which earns per
cent in rents need double only once
In sixteen years to add another 9 per
cent per annum. Savings and Loan
Association shares on the monthly
payment plan earn nearly 10 per
cent simple interest FOR tho average
length of time tho money is in. Why
take a 100 TO shot on new corpo-
ration when sure things are almost as
good as the insiders ever lot the cor
poration be? Know 1t with your own
eyes or know the men who so with 1t
or stay out Any banker or corpora
tion manager will tell you why this
advice is sound.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
AN EXTRAORDINARILY etoD SERIAL.

The first installment of the new
serial Is offered today on another
page: L is a story by Peter B. Kyne,
a name well known TO fiction readers
of the redolooded type, author of
Cappy Kicks and Of perhaps the
most interesting and open special
articles from the war fields during
the late struggle.
Kyne is the type of author to write
a good. readable modern story. He
has lived rather an adventurous life
in many ways and his captaincy of
artillery in the present war-assum-
ing that it isn't over yet-was not
his frst war experience as he served
in the Spanish American unpleasant
ness as buck private He Is Cal
fornian and by know. edge and in
clination alike fitted to write a story
as virile as Jack London lacking
London's finished brutality.
The Times Republican recon-
mends this serial as one Of the very
best newspapers serials II has Of
fered its readers since The Wings of
the Morning" and forecasts that
those who follow the serials in this
newspaper will be throushly salts
fed with Mr.. kyne's tale Of the giant
redwoods.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
TU RNOyER.

This article is not a mouth water
ing story of a new kind OF apple tart,
but one Of those dry old discussions
on the turnover of merchandise and
the relationship of turnover to mark
up.
A retail merchant wrote TO me re-
Gently complaining about cut throat
pirate competitors" who sold goods
under cost at frequent sales. The
thing that worried him, however. wa
not so much the fact that certain
competitor ran frequent cut price
sales, but that he did not go brok,
doing it!
How can he do 1t for he's no more
money than have?-
In brief, this merchant sold goods
for about 20 per cent below the
regular price. The average gross
profit was 35 per cent, which meant
that this competitor sold during his
sales for an average gross profit OF
Is per cent. AS his expenses aver
aged % per cent he must lose 10 per
cent on all sales.
And yet he prospers,
This matter which so puzzles my
correspondent is really simple. The
competitor actually makes money
Not so much as when he sells at full
retail price, but doubtless he con-
siders it good business TO do the ex-
ira volume of business which his cut
price sale attracts.
Now / do not hold with fcut-throat
policies-this tsory Is no endorsement
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
Topics of the Times

A proposal to build new Jail in
Butler county has been turned down
because the population of the old jail
in 1919 consisted Of one vagrant ana
a forger and but two arrests were
reported for drunkenness. II pro-
hibition keeps up like this we'll begin
to talk of consolidated jails.
II the governor had been as stub
born against the Rathbun pardon as
he is against special session he'd
have saved the Judiciary committee a
lot OF time last year.
However, 1t seems there are to be
official federal reservations on en-
forcement OF the prohibitory law.
1t may turn out that Governor
Edwards and his issue are the
Gernier resort and hope Of his party.
Mr.. Bryan refused to permit his
name to go on the North Dakota
primary ballot. He seems more in
terested in keeping certain persons
out than getting himself in this
time.
The suggestion is that the $4,000, 900
Des Moines packing house PROPOSE
ton went looking for lambs instead
of pork products.
Dempsey, the prizefghter, must
answer to a Stacker charge under
indictment by California grand
Jury. Which perhaps explains the
columns Of Dempsey propaganda in
the Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Colby, having been IN practi-
cally all the parties might have as
sound a claim on a presidential
nomination as a candidate who
doesn't belong to any party.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
the LIEUTENANT suysaSuRsalp.

Senator Arney's candidacy for the
republican nomination Of lieutenant
governor is certain TO attract very
large vote over the state. 1t goes
without saying that Marshall county
will give its senator full supper: but
Mr.. Arney viii also poll a heavy
vote in other counties. His member
ship in both houses of the assembly
and the active service he has given
the state generally there viii not
be forgotten.
Giving the field for lieutenant gov
ernor full consideration and grant
ing TO each opposing candidate every
Just claim other candidates may
make, Arney's Is the leading candi-
dacy for the office sought, fairly
representative as he is OF both the
farming and the business classes
and interests. He was a successful
farmer and stin retains his farms
and his interest in agriculture and
has been very successful as a bank
er and business man. In the legisla-
ture he has been a hprd worker and
an efficient legislator. The prospects
for his nomination are bright.
Mr.. Arney. if elected will re a most
serviceable lieutenant governor. The
republicans can not do better than
TO nominate or the state do better
than to elect him when he has been
nominated.