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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-07

Emerald an Early Gem.
rhe emerald was priced as a gem
as early as 800 Il. G.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03
THE MEMPHIS CENSUS

The Memphis census has been completed
Every Memphan supposedly has stood up and been counted
According estimate the governments figures will show
Memphis population be between hundred and eighty and
one hundred and ninety thousand
This showing OF growth in numbers will be satisfactory espe
eay in view OF the fact that Memphis has had artificial
snIulusno booms, industries The ciys growth in
population and in has been along solid substantial
lines.
There another growth Of which Mcmphi, can be proude
In numbers Memphis has grown In the spirit the broaden
ing outlook OF its people has grown wonderfully
The throes OF taught the people of America many les
They brought the people of Memphis gcogeher spirit
will to achieve people that daily proving tremendous
asset to progress along many lines
Memphis straegicaly OF wonderful opportunities.
Its people turning these opportunities into realities Much
can be done Much remains to be done Much be done
Take trip around Memphis and the material development
every hand Streets where decent citizens hesaed be
seen giving way the progress Of wonderfully developing
city Homes are being built every hand.
The ctyS to have off the
right foot The spirit of bitter aconasm that has retarded
Memphis have been orgotten-and it is we'll Mayor
Paine and his associates have planned many things which will
make for the good OF Memphis They have the will carry
them
The Chamber of Commerce. under FitzHughs leadership
doing splendid work 1t under his direction to have awa
ened to of its possibilities factor in the commercial
and civic life of Memphis.
The Rotary the Lions the kwaniS the City cuborganza-
tons for the beterment of Memphis.
Agencies progress every hand be working with
and greater vgor for better and more magnificent
Memphis heaerS being constructcd the Auditorium has
ceased to be only dream and will be valuable eaza
ton big hotel being planned and be carried through
Memphis is awake
Her people stand together optmists in spirit and
doors of unsesh deeds that Memphis shall break what shackes
have held her in the past and go forward.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03
THE INFLUENZA BAN

Much has been said pro and regarding the action
by Mayor Paine and the city health department in efforts
combat the spread of influenza the city Many complaints
been heard that the closing orders drastic that the
epidemic noted in Memphis OF the mild form"
Even today with numerous reported to the health de-
partment and with the garng red pacards staring
from hundreds Of homes throughout Memphis physicians have
been heard to contend that the disease noted here
dreaded FLU of the past but only mild form of la grippe
Measures calling for the closing of any public ACTIVITY are
bound to work hardshp The heaers and moving picture shows
have no doubt lost thousands OF dollars Already but cred
table fact that little actual complaint has been heard from the
men hardest hit by the closing orders.
While not in position know the actual seriousness
of the present epidemic from the standpoint OF trained medical
authority not but commend the city authorities for their
stand Had action been taken during the last epidemic quickly
as during the present it belief that the fatalities would
have been lessened considerably.
The fact that the city authorities acted so eX-
pedousy in the present instance should be evidence that the
officials in charge awake the present needs city, and
should have the moral backing every citizen regardless of the
fact whether the closing order HIM financial loss or other
discomfort.
The present small number OF deaths from the epidemic al
though the number of reported daily has times seemed
alarming should prove the worth of such speedy and drastic action
We firmly believe that the epidemic has been successfully COM
bated by the mayors orders and while there will doubtless still
be reported from day to day until the epidemic grad
uay itself out convinced that the closing order h,
been good and wise provision
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Some Of our naval heroes" seem TO
tight better on land.-Chattanooga
News.
Would Mr., Hoover's candidacy be
based on full dinner pail platform? p
Buffalo Commercial.
Admiral Sims may be pardoned per-
haps, If he appears to be very much at
sea.-Miwaukee Journal
So far the only drop in retail prices
IS the proVerbial drop in the bucket
Boston Herald.
would have to be satisfied with getting
the kaisers goat-Philadelphia In
quirer.
Latest advices are that the Graham
antisedtion bill does not make it
felony to call the umpire "robber. -
Arkansas Democrat.
The supreme council evidently believes
that the way to a Bolshevik's heart is
through his tummy-Columbia Record
The permission OF liquors for cooking
purposes may assist US to solve the
problem of keeping a cook.-Columbia
Record.
And just as we had hoped some prog
ress was being made toward saving
paper, Berlin decides to print the notes
from the United States.-Kansas City
Times.
As woman suffrage approaches let us
hope that the hand that rocks the
cradle will not be the hand that rocks
the Observation-Disclosures Post.
Austria has become the ally of
Czecho -Slovakia Who knows but that
! some day Great Britain will be an ally
| of Ireland detroit Free Press.
The Bolsheviki are forcing everyone
| in Russia to work - hours a day, seven
' days a week Maybe Bolshevism is
what this country needs, after all
kansas City Post.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03

H. eJoIts and Jcsts
@ Slipped Past
WNThe Bl1ac Pencil

Having read Of the gentleman who
tried out n drink from the pint on the
negro bellhop, and then watched him
for a hours before samplng the resi-
due; and the other gentleman who ditto,
but the boy never showed up again;
and the third gentleman who offered a
drink, then snatChed It back when the
boy appeared willing. We now come to
the tale of the nephew and the fond
uncle.
The nephew, at the age when he calls
on the girls, recently prepared for call
hy brillianteening his hair by lavish use
Of smellful tonic His mother cautioned
him to dry his hair He did. then met
fond uncle on his way out.
Gle, who has a private stock OF very
old in the basement which sister, the
youths mother, knows nothing about,
Sure" said the nephew.
They drank. Then the nephew went
downstairs to kiss prohibition mamma
goodbye
dry your hair like | said, ms mother
commanded That tonic smells abom =
Unable"
GIVE US VENUS IN ASCENDANT.
If we Just must have intcrplanetary
communication let be from Venus rath-
er from Mars.
WOULDN'T 1T BE NICE.
If the message from Venus should
hc Il hear you calling me-
THEATRICAL NOTE,
Iohn McEmcoro viii be the new build
ing custodian at central police head
quarters.
READING NOTICE,
H. r. Daniels succeeds Dan Recde,
AZ chief clerk Of city court, or what
ever job 1t was he had.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03

SAMUEL REA.
PRESIDENT PENNSYLVANIA Ry.
MY DEAR Sam.
I'M WRITING this.
ON ONE Of your trains
ON THE way West.
AND I'VE just come in,
FROM THE dining car.
FULL OF contentment.
AND TEA biscuits.
AND THAT wonderful honey.
IN THE glass jars
WHERE THE label says.
THAT IT was gathered
BY SELECTED bees.
FROM THE choicest flowers.
AND 1 want to tell you
THAT WHOEVER it was.
WHO SELECTED the bees.
is ALL right.
AND HE knew bees.
AND I'M for him.
AND IF it ever happens.
WANT any bees
I'LL LET him pick Fem,
BUT I'M wandering, Sam.
FROM THE main idea.
THAT !! had in my mind
WHEN I started this letter
WANTED to tell you.
ABOUT THE walters.
IN THE dining car,
AND IN pdTllCuldI'
ABOUT THE one had.
HE'S A little waiter.
WITH A little mustache.
AND WHEN we sat down.
AND HE was waiting.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03
LEXINGTON WOMAN
DIES FROM BURNS

LEXINGTON. Tenn, Feb, 9. tsplD--
Miss Taylor, 30 years old, sister OF
Justice John W Taylor. member OF IN,
henderson county court, was burned
So badly Yesterday morning at about 5
O'Clock that she died the same day.
Miss Taylor was making fire In the
FIREPLACE i'm the home of Mrs, Oliver
Hclru. with whom she lived, when her
clothing became ignitCd,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

Q-When was the department Of the
interior established and who was the
first secretarY?-D. G. X.
A.-This department was established
by an act of congress March 3, lS49,
and was shortly after set up and put
in operation as a separate and distinct
branch of the government, Thomas
Ewing, of Ohio, was the first secre-
tary
"a bets that President Wilson $
salary could be increased by congress
during his term Of office. B says it
can not Who is right?--T II.
A-B is correct The constitution
provides that "the president shall at
stated times, receive for his services n
compensation, which shall neither be
increased nor diminished during the pc
riod for which he shall have been elect
ed and he shall not receive within that
period any other cmolument from the
United States or any of them
Q.--Would it be injurious to a canary
bird to cut its claws which have grown
too long?--L. V. S,
Aft the claws of your canary turn
up or are too long cut them with scis-
sors, but be sure not to cut them too
short, II its feet are hard or crusty,
rub them with vaselinc.
Q.-To whom should | make applica-
tion for permission to have my sons
body buried in Arlington cemetery when
it is brought back from France?-D. L.
Apply to the Cemeterial branch,
quartermaster corps, Washington, D. C,
to make arrangements for the burial of
your sons body in the national Gem
etery,
Q.-How long can an American siti-
zen reside in foreign country without
losing his citi2enship?-M. f. 7.
q A At ta,a..
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03
70 CLEAN UP MERIDIAN.

MERIDIAN, Miss. Fob, :, tSpI)~~
The city beautiful CLEANUP camraign
Of the city Federation Of Clubs began
this morning Committees of ladies
are working all parts Of the city In CO.
operation with city forces, In addition
the club members are advocating Tree
planting at the homes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03

WHILE 1 wrote our order.
HE LOOKED out of the window.
AND SAID.
IT'S QUITE "a snowstor,n."
AND IT was,
AND OF course we knew It
AND HE knew we knew it.
BUT NEVERTHELESS.
IT WAS. happy beginning.
BECAUSE WE knew right away.
HE WAS friendly waiter.
AND HAD desire
sSs
TO BE agreeable.
AND WE both of US answered.
THAT 1T certainly was.
AND THEN he knew.
THAT WE were all right.
AND HE waited patiently.
TILL WE wrote our order.
AND THEN took it away.
AND WHEN he came back.
THE EGGS weren't turned over.
AS I'D ordered them.
AND I was going to boiler
UNTIL my wife said.
HES SUCH a nice waiter.
'T WOULDN'T bother him.
LETS EAT them this way"
AND SO We did.
AND THEY were Just as good.
AND WE didn't bother the waiter
AND HE didn't bother the cook.
AND EVERYBODY was happy.
AND THERE wasn't any rcw.
AND IT all happened.
BECAUSE IT was showing outside.
AND THE waiter mentioned H.
] THANK you,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03
Public Discussion
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WHY WORRY?


To The News Scimitar:
want to compliment YOU on the ed
itorlal IN Saturdays Scimitar, why
Worry" You express the situation
fully There is nothing really the mat
ter, The public would do well to read
this editoria! carefully and ponder.
Yours truly, GEO. p WOOLl.EN.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03

the specially selected German official
and his subordinates, invincible, IN
peace and irresistible in war, and SO
came to grief by overconfldenoe, Is, OF
course, writ large in the results OF the
war. But the practical fact remains
that all the other nations, which Tor
years had refused to take leaf from
Germanys policy of industrial and sci
entific concentration, were forced our
ing the war to improvise hurriedly
system closely paralleling the best
points in the German method in order
to hold their own and finally acnieNe
victory .-Philadelphi Public Ledger
Ond.)
British Labor Influence.
The influence of British labor thought
is making itself felt more and more in
this country. The coal strike was one
manifestation of it. The substance OF
the Plumb plan for the naturalization
of industry is British. The idea of la
Dor in politics, now urged here, also
is an expression Of that influence. Or
ganized labor is much farther advanced
in Britain than labor Is In this country
but advanced in doubtful direction.
According to Langdon Davies,
member Of the British labor group, who
Is now touring the United States. the
government Of Great Britain will be in
the hands of labor within the next five
years. he declares JndL the Olu pO-
litical parties there have combined in
an effort to preserve civilization as 1t
is at present constituted, but that they
will be swept away before the progress
sive program of the labor party, which
aims at ending a civilization built on
| capitalism"
When it comes to government by
capitalism or government by labor, the
general public, which after all is the
majority, will have neither of them.
Both capital and labor are all right in
| their places. but neither Of them should
be in the position Of dictator in gov
eminent 1t is the evil of things in
Russia that the worst element at the
top was supplanted by the worst ele-
ment at the bottom. 1t is confusion
worse Confounded:
Capital and labor are all right when
they are in balance--when the general
public holds the balance of power.
| When there is disarrangement of this
order, progress stops. The Russian
soviet government has gone far enough
to discover that 1t can not get on with
out capital and it is making some
feeble effort to rehabilitate capital so
that industry, which is in a chaotic
state there, can be re-established with
some regard for efficiency. The So
| vieteers have made the discovery that
mastery has its rawbacks.--Buffalo
| Evening News (Rep.).
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03
Trained Men at the Top.

The fact that the French are very
much surprised because the new French
government. under M, Millerand, has
chosen a cabinet which aims to place
specially trained men at the head Of
every department that deals with tech
nical subjects, from agriculture to COM
merce and finance, is only another indi-
cation of how difficult it is for poll
ticians everywhere, be they in France
or America, to learn the lessons of the
great war True the necessity is not
really so much to learn the lessons Of
the war as it is to get at what Ger
many was brewing and doing for so
many years in preparation for a con-
flict which she assumed would be a
mere parade with the world at her feet.
And what the German idea was, insofar
as it related to national and govern
mental efficiency, was spread openly
before all the world for years. 1t was
summed up in one thing only, and that
was that the technically trained indi-
vdual should be put in charge of those
functions of the state and the nation
that called for that precise kind Of
theoretical and applied knowledge and
ability That the Germans, however
could not perform miracle and create
superhuman manikin in the shape of
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03
Federal Rediscount Rate.

BY raising the rediscount rate to six
per cent yesterday the federal reserve
system has, for practically the first
time since it became operative more
than five years ago, assumed control
Of the money market and the credit
situation. Heretofore either the banks
did not need to apply for rediscounts or
the reserve bank rate was lower than
the market rate a. condition that in
duced excessive expansion Of credits.
From now on the commercial banks
will have to extend credits on their own
resources, or rediscount at a loss of
part Of their profit or increase their
charge for the accommodation. 1t will
not be possible as in the past to pass
on the burden to the reserve system
with an incidental possible profit ip the
transaction.
The purpose of the increase in the re-
discount rate is obvious and has been
fully elaborated upon by the reserve
bank authoritis in the past few months.
Credit has been too easy to obtain by
the spectators in stocks, commodities
and real estate. The 'elastic currency
provided for under the reserve bank
system has shown that it can be
| stretched, but except for very short
| periods, it has not been materially con-
| tracted.-Boston Post (Ind. Dem.).
Japan's Military Policy.
Japans enormous appropriations for
military and naval purposes are at
tracing attention throughout the world.
On the theory that we are done with
war for a while, other nations in the
old world are spending their money
for other things, chiefly on the neces-
stiles of life and in rebuilding opera
tons, But Japan keeps making bigger
and bigger expenditures on her army
; and navy until the total is bewildering
One can not help the conviction that
the American attitude is having effect
upon Japan's military and naval policy
Up to the outbreak of the war her
hypothetical foe was Russia, but now
that Russia as power is in a state
of collapse Japan's military policy, SO
far from showing any sign of retench-
ment, shows the reverse.-Anaconda
Standard Dem).
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03
An Attack on Liberty.

The statement of Commissioner
Skeffington of the immigration bureau
at Boston that he was anxious to get"
the members of the Harvard Liberal
club under the new sedition act is a
timely warning to the senate and house
of representatives at Washington Of
how politicians of the country, now in
control of important bureaus. woulo
apply the measure If 1t were to be per-
mitted by the president of the United
States to become law.
1t would leave the judgment of
whether anything said or done was or
was not seditious to crowd Of partl-
sans who would not hesitate to use the
act for political advantage or for the
discontinue of their adversaries. If
men of the greatest university of the
United States, organized for the discus
sion of liberal views, are to be sub
jected to- the tyranny of Skeffingtons,
this country may be sure that men Of
less prominence would be put under the
thumb of as arrant a despotism as
could be conceived of.-Reno Evening
Gazette (Rep)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03
Rarm and Factory.

The Federation of Labor is engaged
in a determined effort to bring the
American farmer into its fold. At the
Atlantic City convention 1t appointed a
cooperative committee" to work along
this line. Since that time the officers
of the federation have been busily ne
gotiating with representatives of the
various oranges and other farmer
It is admittedly a difficult undertake
ing, and the unionists are having trou-
BILE accordingly. One or two big farm
ers' organizations have fatty refused
to have anything to do with the fedora
ton. There are obvious differences OF
character between the two classes. con
cerned Industrial workers are simply
employees, whereas the oranges are
composed of men who are for the most
part their own bosses. The typica
farmer is a worker, but he is also q
capitalist He is master and man IN
one. It is easier to line up the farm
hands, and this has been done in some
sections; but the line between farm
hand and farmer is vague and SHIFT
ing one; and anyway, the federation
wants all the farmers.
The farmers, with their unconquer'
able conservatism, would be a steady
ing force to control radical action by
organized labor. The Industrial work
ers. on the other hand might, because
of their greater alertness in taking W
new ideas, have stimulating effect OF
the slower moving farmers. And sucl
affiliation might end in economic CO
operation between the food producers
and consumers which would benefi
everybody. Manchester Mirror (Dem.)
The house has refused to appropriate
$3.50, 900 for carrying on the air mai
beyond July next. Investigation, ga!
the members of the committee, find
the service of little practical value ex
cept as an aeronautical experiment
This has been the observation Of busi
ness. The carrying of mail by flynn
machine is curiosity, a fad, a some
that novel thing, but it is of littl
practical value, When great haste |
required in a business or private com
munication in these times, the tele
graph or telephone is used. The ordi
| nary mails are reasonably speedy an,
satisfactory while the air mail is un
| reliable. To spend a large sum upol
| it without securing greater return |
| one of the eXtravagant propositions o
the time. The house has done well t
refuse the appropriation.-Utic OBJ
server Dem)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03

A Chicago banker was arrested for passing
Shame on him--so soon after thrift week
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-03

Bryans free silver" ought be popular right with
prices skipping stops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-11
tNe1vs Of the Churches and Religious Actiuities
4BAPTIST DAY. IS
 ID BE CELEBRATED
Resume of Work Done Dur ing Two Weeks Period of
 Special Worship

Baptist Day." which will be celebrated i ma big mass meeting at First Church this afternoon at o'clock will be fit ting conclusion to the Baptist evangelis- tic campaign that has been in progress for the past two weeks in greater Bir- mingham
 Large results have been realized, and the religious influence of this campaign will be felt in Jefferson county long after the evangelists and singers have gone to other fields of duty.
 The Baptist pastors of the county have given unselfishly their best services to- ward the success of the campaign.
 The superintendent in charge, Dr. F. II. Harrington, has been uniting in render ing efficient service fin and out of sea- son." and his qualification at results was expressed yesterday when he said:
 "The spirit of revival has come to prac- tically every church; this is Gods gift,
 "The desire has been expressed that the home board evangeistic staff should return to Birmingham at future date for another campaign, so satisfactory has been the work done in this one. This Is the highest expression of approval that could be given.
 "The greatest blessing has come through the fact of unified programme The Baptist of the Birmingham district have learned the grean lesson ol Hitct dependence as wei las independence, and have come to realize their strength when united together.
 Baptist affairs have gone forward in a great way in this district. A few years of such united effort will mean things beyond the dream and imagination Of the most sanguine and optimistic"
 The programme for Baptist Day serv- ice that will be rendered at the First Baptist Church this afternoon is as foi- lows:
 Music.
 Congregational singing.
 Sunshine choir.
 Prayer.
 Song. congregation.
 Reports.
 The reports will be given from each church. pastor, evangelist, singer and representatives from each church sitting together all of whom will stand while the reports are being made.
 Special music.
 Solo, by MT. C. S. Cadwallader.
 Male quartet.
 Male chorus.
 Sermon by B. B. Bailey.
 Dedication service.