The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-21
LOCAL MAN SEES
GRAVES OF THREE
MEMPHIS HEROES
Continued From First PageJ

jeet becomes majestic. the most des
graded takes on certain nobility that
is not OF earth. Standing in that noble
city of the silent ones | felt like crying
out: 1t is We. not you, who are IN inc
darkness. q We dead" The sp!enuor OF
the iris Of eternity has flashed upon
your plane OF vision while our heaVy
eyelids still droop in the shadow Of the
nlmbus OF time. Can you tell US
nought, can we never learn your secrets
till In the grave We lay down our bones
with yours? We are here In the ignor-
anee the poverty, the sin and, above
all, in the darkness Oh, If you can
have mercy upon us! Shed ray from
your shcSinah light athwart the wilder
ness OF our desolRtiOu We are trodden
down by our brothers among the living
Help us, our brothers from the dead,
But all me, never a word. never limo.
never an echong answer came to my
wailing cry and waiting. doubling, hop
ing, fearing, dreaming, | could hear
nothing, nothing but the dreary dia-
pason of other days.
$50 we must go on and on, until we,
too. come TO the end OF our little lane
and the spangled carpet Of our happy
childhood becomes the moss green
blanket OF the long forgotten dead,
Americans as Guides.
sit was an American ex-service man
titat dtitu MS our kuiuFs nc hiltN wv y
inch of the way and all the story con-
nected with the battle. He was very
interesting. / found that II is an occu
patton that is being followed by large
number OF our boys who have either
fallen in love with France of trench
girl--or both Our guide expressed no
desire TO return to his native land.
Eve found the peasants working In
gain fields where, but a short time ago,
the red tide OF battle waged In some
places the fields were so pitted with
she'll holes that il will be years be-
Rheims and Verdun the task Of rebuild
ing is proceeding very slowly. The
French realize the need Of food crops
above everything else, and are wisely
bending their energies in that direction.
Then too. lack of men, money and ma"
terials has greatly handicapped their
building efforts.
Another high spot in our trip oc-
Cured In st. Paul's cathedral, London.
We attended service there, and judge OF
our surprise and joy to hear the voice
of our own beloved Bishop Gailor
preaching the sermon, We are mem
bers OF st. Mary s parish, and could
shut our eyes and almost imagine we
we're at home as his eloquent voice
reached us. Fully 1900 people were In
the congregation, with nearly $50 bish-
ops in the chancel. II was an occasion
never to be forgotten After the ser
Vice was over we had a chance to
speak few words with him. Although
he had preached extemporaneously for
nearly an hour to one of the largest
congregations in the world, gathered
from all four corners of the globe, he
was not at. all tired. He is truly n
wonderful man The way the British
took him to their hearts Is a source OF
pride and qualification to all Ameri-
cans.
"The scarcity Of private motors in the
British Isles and on the. continent was
q source OF great surprise. We found
almost everyone riding bicycles, There
are, perhaps, two reasons for. that. the
high rate Of taxation and the price OF
gasoline or petrol as II Is called there.
In England the rate Is four shillings a
gallon, which at present exchange is
about so cents gallon. It seemed to
be OF better quality than ours, however.
We had an American car on our trip
and our chauffeur told US that he was
getting from IL to 10 miles to the gallon
while there found that the outlook
for a high price for cotton was not
very bright We must dispose OF the
low grade cotton we have on hand al
n price that will make II profitable "a
manufacturers, or else sell the firsl
cotton that comes in out Of new cror
at low price until the financial bur
den OF carrying both crops has beer
lIRhtened, don't see how we are go
ing to carry both crops and make thu
world pay our price. We must give uT
one or the other.
II found the average spinner and i'm
porter very pessimislc on account o.
the attitude OF the coal miners and tn,
other labor troubles that are vexing The
tight little isle so much so that he
was taking a very gloomy view Of Tho
outlook. The Irish question, too
troubles the average Britisher. He
would be glad 20 settle II, but there are
three widely varying parties in Ireland
1.-The home rulers, the men who want
dominion rule under Sir Horace Plum
kett, and the irreconcilable Sim FaiI
element under De Valera and Griffith
who claim they will be satisfied with
nothing less than a republic. II thes,
three contending forces would get to.
Rether England would grant their de-
mands at once, as II is. II is only hel
strong hand that keeps Ireland from the
throes OF civil war
Business men are agreed that will
these questions out OF the way the
resumption OF prosperity was merely q
question of production. Labor must be-
brought to the point of seeing the ne,
cessity for production and a more ia
vorable trade balance before ther,
would be any betterment OF their money
compared to our dollar"