MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1J18.
THE NEWS SCIMITAR.
PAGE FIVE.
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P8RlliCt SCHOOLJUESTION
( ANNOUNCEMENTS
Vanity Fair Ball To
Open Brilliant Season
The initial event of the year, -which
will be heralded as the most brilliant
social season in Memphis, since 1916,
will be the Vanltly Fair ball at Hotel
Chisca, Saturday night.
For 20 years the Vanity Fair ball
has been the carnival of laughter,
dancing and song for Memphis society.
There have been times when it equaled
New Orleans Mardi Gras, in its splen
dor of costumes and decorations, and
in the unique masque features.
The "Black and White ball," which
was given in 1916, won comment
throughout the South, and the "Allied
Ball" of 1917 was one of' the most
beautiful patriotic features ever held
in the United States.
But probably the most splendid fea
ture of all is the fact that the happi
ness and good time of every person who
attends the Vanity Fair ball, means
the joy of a horns to a little child, for
always, the entire proceeds of the af
fair is given to the orphanages of the
city.
The Vanity Fair club, of which Mrs.
J. P. Edrington is president, has been
preparing for the ball for several
weeks, and that it will be a great suc
cess, is already assured.
Will Demonstrate
Sugarless Candy
The meeting of the F. M. Guthrie
Parent-Teacher association will be held
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
auditorium of the school.
A demonstration on how to make
sugarless candy with syrup and honey
substitutes will be given by Miss Clara
Hasslock, or the food administration, at
2 o'clock, and the women of the Gordon
and IeRoy Pope schools are cordially
invited.
Young Judeans to
Give Play Dec. 26
Final arrangements for the play and
dance, which will be given by the
Young Judeans at the Nineteenth Cen
tury club, on the evening of Dec. 26,
were mado at a meeting of the Young
Judeans, which was held at the home
of Miss Edith Blsno, 1642 Linden ave
nue, Sunday afternoon.
A most interesting program was
given, and the meeting was enjoyed
by all members.
Salon Circle Has
Session at Y. M. H. A.
The regular meeting of the Salon
Circle was held Monday afternoon In
the library of the Y. M. H. A the
president, Mrs. M. M. C.attman, pre
siding. Members of the Beethoven club were
special guests of the occasion, and an
interesting program was given, which
was thoroughly enjoyed by all present.
Family Welfare Work Is
Explained by Miss Latimer
Methods nf conducting family welfare
work in the civilian relief departments
of the American Red Cross were out
lined in an interesting and Instructive
W'ay by Miss Jean Latimer, of Atlanta,
THEATERS.
Mile. DAZIE & CO.
Including
M. CONSTATMTIN KOBELEFF
In a Classical and Popular Dance
Revue.
BERT BAKER & CO.
5 OTHER FEATURE ACTS 5
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Next Week
CECIL CUNNINGHAM.
WHY COUGH AND
COUCH AND COUGH?
Dr.
I
King's New Discovery
Removes the Danger
of Neglect.
Coughing until the parched throat
grows painful should not be permitted.
It should be relieved before it gains
headway with a dose of Dr. King's
New Discovery.
The same with a cold or bronchial
attack. Millions have sed this well
known remedy for half a century regu
larly without thought of change.
Sold by druggists srnce 1869. An all
important adjunct to any family medi
cine cabinet. 60c and 11.20.
The Burden of Constipation
is lifted, comfortably but positively
when you treat your bowels with Dr.
King's New Life Pills. The liver gets
busy, digestion improves, the sickly,
sallow skin is freed from bile. Get a
bottle today start the day right. 25c
adv.
At Bed
Time
Tonight
Take
DISCOLAX
Baok to work tomorrow as usual.
DISCOLAX is not a substitute lor
calomel, but a genuine improved
oalomel tablet that does not nau
eate, gripe or make you sick.
25o a box at Drug Stores.
EYES
DR.
PHILIP H.
STORCK
Glasses
Fitted
1228-1229
Optometrist
Exchange
Blda.
DON'T TAKE CALOMEL! TAKE
Lehman's Liver Wafers
Money Back If You Don't Feel
Youncj and Brighter In Two Days
Get a Box of Any Druggist, 10 doses 10c
They Also Come In 25c Boxes
x EDWARD LEHMAN
Sole Owner and Manufacturer,
Memphis, Tenn.
Sold by all Druggists the World Over.
A
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The MANOPHONE
The Music Master of Phonograph!
$80.00 to $215.00.
Kershner Piano Co.
92 8. MAIN, MEMPHIS.
at the Red Cross headquarters, on Mad
ison avenue, Monday afternoon.
This was the third of a series of six
lectures which will be given by Miss
Latimer, and great interest In them is
being shown by local Red Cross work
ers, for Miss Latimer Is an intelligent
speaker and a woman of charming per
sonality. Girl Scouts to Meet.
Business of importance will be trans
acted at the regular monthly meeting
of the Girl Scout captains and lieuten
ants, which will be held at the Young
Woman's club, 107 Court avenue, Tues
day afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Chapter to Meet.
The December meeting of the Com
modore Perry Chapter, D. A. R., will
be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
at the home of Mrs. W. N. Wilkerson,
1258 Carr avenue.
Plan "Roll" Drive.
The East End Red Cross circle and
the Peabody Parent-Teachers' associa
tion will meet at the Peabody school
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock to
plan for the comnig Red Cross Christ
mas roll. The chairmen of both organi
zations urge full attendance.
HERE and THERE
Miss Elizabeth Lowe, of Tunica,
Miss., is the guest of Mrs. S. Uf.
Leatherman, 1460 Union avenue.
Miss Margaret Plrie, of Lake Forest,
111., iB the guest of Miss Eleanor Car
ter, 1676 Central avenue.
To Cure A Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BKOMO QUININE
(Tablets). It stops the Cough and
Headache and works off the Cold. E.
W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 30c.
Health Authorities
Take Precautions
To Halt Influenza
One hundred and eight new cases of
Influenza have been reported to the
city health department since Friday,
according to statistics prepared Mon
day. Forty-five cases were reported
Saturday, 33 Sunday and 20 Monday
before noon.
Notwithstanding the perceptible In
crease in the number of cases, tho de
partment is satisfied that the malady
can be held in check without the ne
cessity of having to resort to drastic
measures of prevention, such as quar
antining cases and the closing of
churches, schools, theaters and other
public places.
However, the public Is urged to fully
co-operate with the department In ev
ery way as the best method of prevent
ing a recurrence of the epidemic. Citi
zens individually are requested to keep
away from crowds so far as possible
and to keep their homes ventilated
Persons contracting colds are requested
to tret proper treatment.
Superintendents and managers of all
purine places are requested to keep their
places well ventilated.
Dr. H. B. Jacobson, secretary of the
health department, received a telegram
Monday from the health department at
Birmingham, asking information re
garding the Influenza situation here
He replied that there had been a total
of 108 new cases reported since Friday,
65 cases being the largest number re
ported m a single day. He explained
however, that the form of the disease
Is much milder, there being only five
deaths reported to the department in
the past few days.
The records of the health department
indicate that the number of deaths
from all causes is lowr for this season
of the year and especially low for lobai
and bronchial pneumonia, both compli
cations of Influenza.
DETECTIVES "SELL"
LIQUOR, THEN ARREST
City Detectives Brunner and Heckle
entered the bootlegging business ions
enough Saturday night to sell a case of
whisky from a straw stable on Butler
street and arrest three persons charged
wun violating me liquor law.
They discovered, on B tip. the huge
box full of whisky in the stable and
while Brunner went to telephone for
me police patrol. Heckle watched the
nnze. He was approached in the dark
ness by Ed Smith, 2,"7 Butler, who. he
stales, calmly and unconsciously our
chased a case of the whisky before
Heckle disclosed his Wentity.
When placed under arrest he Imnll
cated Fred Wiley, negro: C. Blanch!
and H. A. Michel, all of whom were
later arrested. He told Brunner. the
dectlve says, where some liquor
was secreted in Bianchi's place, the of
ficers later fining It there, they as
sert.
To top It all off, Smith failed to ap
near lit court Monday and .Tiidce Fit
hugh continued the cases until Tuesday
m orner ior ponce to rearrest nim.
Seessel's Afternoon Sales.
Buy your meats here you'll
save
money and get the highest
grade meat obtainable.
Go to Seessel's "tomorrow
afternoon. ,
Everything marked
in plain figures.
adv
COL. BRANT TO INSPECT
PARK FIELD SCHOOL
Col. Gerald C. Brant, of the United
States air service, will arrive at Park
field within a day or two to inspect the
Millington flying school. Col. Brant is
on a tour of inspection of flying fields
in tne south and is making the trip m
an airplane. He will fly from Bark
field to Payne field. West Point, Miss.,
thence to Eberts field, Utile Rock,
Ark., and Whence to Love Held, Dallas
Texas.
Col. Brant !s chairman of the a!r
service committee on organization for
peace time and was formerly assistant
uirecior ot military aeronautics.
MAY VOTE ON BONDS.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. Dec 9. fSnl.1
The question of issuing viaduct bonds
will likely be put up to the public here
at a municipal election. The question
was discussed at a conference of the
city commission Monday afternoon. The
present Gay street bridge is said to
be in danger of collapsing.
Isn't This Family Wash
Service Worth a Trial?
Beats the old way, with its w6rry and insanitary meth
ods. Telephone number ninety Loeb's. Our wagon
calls. You send the ENTIRE family wash. "W laun
der everything as it should be done and return prompt
ly. No trouble. No worry.
OEB'S
AUNDRY.
Redeem Your W. S. S. Pledge NOW!
Public Discussion Will Be Held
in Courthouse at 10
A. M. Tuesday.
Proposed legislation for the city
schools will be ryie of the important
matters which will come before the
Shelby county legislative delegation at
Its public hearing in the county court
room Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
All sessions will be open and the public
is invited.
The proposition of Increasing the
schools' proportion of the city tax rate
from 41 to 60 cents will be discussed
by the city chool board members, rep
resentatives of the city commission and
a committee Horn the teachers
Mayor Monteverde and Commissioner
Miller announced Monday that the city
commission would abide by its pledge
to the teachers and woulu recommend
to the delegation that the school board 3
proportluii of the tax rate be increased
from 41 to 61) cents in order that the
teachers may have their salaries raised.
The readjustment of the( tax rate to
increase the school board s proportion,
presents a problem for the commission
ers. The head of all city departments
declare that their budgets' last year
were pared to the bone, and none oi
them knows how the budget can be cut
this year. Salaries and cost of material
o Tar have shown no appreciable ue
rease. HOLD MEN CAUGHT
IN KiNCANNON HOME
On a charge of Invading the home
of Dr. A. A. Klncannon, president of
the Normal school, late Saturday after
noon while only the cook and children
were at home and frightening them
badly, Willie Henry, 30, Walls. Miss.,
and It. E. Warn muck, 113. Ripley, Miss.,
were, placed under arrest by members
of the S. A. T. C. and jailed ut the
central police headquarters.
They av,e formally docketed with
housebreaking and larceny, having been
caught in the house when the children
screamed and brought soldiers to the
residence on the run. Their purpose in
entering the house is unknown. They
walked in the front door and went
through to the kitchen, where they
were caught.
Police are unable to say where the
men came from. One of them pr
tended to be intoxicated, according to
Dr. Kincannon. I hey were not stu
dents at the college. Dr. Kincannon
states. They will be arraigned in po
lice court.
LAY IN WAIT FOR
ALLEGED AUTO THIEF
After lying In wait for si hours at
a lonely spot In Riverside park, l'e-
tectives Carpenter and Peters Monday
morning at 2 o'clock placed under ar-
rest Ed Moore, James Ethridge and
John Emmerson, negroes, all said to
reside in Osceola, Ark., on a charge
of larceny of an automobile.
The officers found the car hidden on
the river bank overlooking the bluff
It was the property of former Sheriff
Uovall, oi Osceola, reported stolen sev
eral days ago. The. detectives sat
bivouac from 8 o'clock Sunday night
waiting for the thieves to come after
the car.
They were rewarded early Monday
morning, when, the three negroeB ap
peared and endeavored to start away
with the car. They will be returned to
Osceola, where tho theft occurred.
LOEW ACQUIRES THREE
NEW SOUTHERN HOUSES
E. A. Schiller, Southern general rep
resentative of Eoew's circuit, who has
been in Memphis on business for sev
eral days, left Monday for Kansas City,
f.'here the I.oew circuit has acquired
wo new theaters, which will he added
lo Its Southern chain of playhouses.
The Empress at Kansas City win he de
voted to an exclusive picture policy and
the Harden will he devoted to the regu
lar Loew vaudeville policy.
In addition to these two playhouses,
Marcus Loew has acquired the tlarrick
theater In St. Louis, which will also
be added to the Southern circuit as a
vaudeville house. The Loew circuit
now has a theater In practically every
large city In the South.
ALL MOONEY STRIKES
IN U. S. CALLED OFF
SAN FRANCISCO, Cul., Dec. 9.
Strikes planned throughout the country
today as a protest against the convic
tion and further incarceration of Thos.
J. Mooney, have all been called off
until a special labor congress can meet
In Chicago on Jan. 14, to consider all
phases of the Mooney case, the Inter
national Workers' Defense league an
nounced here today. The league an
nounced they had complied with its re
quest to postpone action until after the
workers' congress.
GYPSY ASKS POLICE
TO LOCATE $1,200
Frank Thompson, gypsy, residing in
Hollywood. Monday asked the assist
ance of police in locating $1,200 mys
teriously stolen from his tent Sunday
night while the remainder of the clan
were close by.
Thompson had his auto, stolen a
short time before, and while in Mem
phis looking for it someone entered
his home and stole the money. He
told police he suspected he knew the
identity of the thief.
M'LAIN'S FUTURE KEEPS
POLITICAL MINDS BUSY
Selecting a Job for W. T. McLain,
former city commissioner, since his re
turn Saturday from the army, Is keep
ing manv political guesser busy. One
rtimor has it that McLain will be made
city judge on Jan. I and another says
he will be made city attorney. Mayor
Monteverde said Monday that the mat
ter had not as yet been considered.
ASK ALABAMA BARGES.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. A delega
tion of commercial representatives from
other Alabama cities today asked lurooJ
tor-oen. mcaqoo io ouy &, icv.uuu mww
of additional barges and tugs for the
Black Warrior river. Sir. MfAdoo
promised to Investigate after next Mon
day, when he will give his entire time
to railroad administration matters.
FIOHTS DETECTIVE ; FINED.
It cost Susie Mann, negress, $2Ti to try
to administer a drubbing to City De
tective Ira Williams. She was fined
that amount Monday by Judge Fitzhugh
on a charee of disorderly conduct.
Williams had placed her sister under
arrest. Susie resented it.
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MINOR WOODWARD DIES
AT HOME IN PINE BLUFF
riNK Rl.rVF Ark Pec IV ffinl 1
Funeral services over the body cf
Minor Q Woodward. 27. manager of the
me Muff company, owners and oper
ators of the street car line, waterworks
and electric light plant, who died Sun
day morning at his home, aftrr an Ill
ness of less than a week of Influenza,
followed by pneumonia, were held Mon
day from the faintly residence, the Rev.
H. A. Stowell and Dr. J. I. Norris of
ficiating, llunal was at Hellwood
Woodward Mas one of the best-known
young business men of the city and
w;as universally loved by all who knew
him. He was Horn at Jackson. Tenn..
Sept. 27, 18111, and came to Pine Bluff
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs T. Q.
Woodward, when he was but 12 years
old, and attended school here until he
Nvame D. at which time he began
working for the light and water com
pany as lineman. He held this posi
tion for seven years, when he was pro
moted to assistant manager and held
the position for five years, until the
resignation of P C. Fowles, May 1,
1917. made a vaeanev in the manager
ship of the company, to which Wood
ward succeeded, holding this position
until his death. A wife and two chil
dren, Minor Woodward. Jr., and Mary
r.lizabeth. survive.
Woodward was an active member of
the rotary club and hoard of trustees
of the chamber f commerce and al
ways stood for the progress and ad
vancement of the city. His constant
advancement was due to his funda
mental knowledge of electrical engi
neering, which he studied through cor
respondence courses of the two best
schools of the country, and by his close
application to the business.
BOY RACES THROUGH
PLATE GLASS WINDOW
MERIDIAN, Miss. Dec. 9. (Spl.)
Willie Beall, a negro hell boy, upheld
the speed record and smashed the hur
dle statistics when, In fright, he ran
through a large plate glass window in
the lobby of Ihe Great Southern hotel.
He escaped unhurt, or, at least, that Is
the belief, as he has not been seen
since.
The boy was asleep in the lobby when
another hell boy playfully stuck the
lighted end of a cigarct to the back of
his neck. He leaped wildly to his feet,
made a dash for the front of the lobby,
took a header through the plate glass
window, scrambled t his feet and made
off at lightning speed.
BOILERMAKERS RETURN
TO WORK AFTER STRIKE
MOBILE, Ala., Dec. 9. - The 1,200
bollermakers who walked out last Fri
day al the Alabama Dry Dock and
Shipbuilding company plant returned to
work this morning. Thomas E. Carroll,
federal labor adjuster, arrived hero Sat
urday and held conferences throughout
the day.
The men walked out because, they
Claimed, Milton Stock, former National
league ball player, refused to take out
a union card. J. O. Leonard, foreman,
who refused to discharge Stock, was
asked to resign by the men. Stock was
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it work today and Leonard had not
smissed. No statement was
out by either-side.
FOUR ARKANSAS TOWNS
MAY GET POWER LINE
COTTON PLANT, Ark.. Dec. 9. (Spl.)
It is confidently Imped that his city
will soon He on "1-hour electric circuit.
The Commonwealth Power company, of
St. Lotus, has representatives here con
ferring with people relative to such a
pojeot. Heretofore Cotton Plant has
only had a nii:ht service,
The current will he furnished from
a. central point, and on the circuit will
be Clarendon, Urmkley, lies Arc. and
Cotton Plant.
Seessel's Afternoon Sales,
You see what you get.
You know the
quality is there
and tpit the prices are
cheaper than elsewhere.
Uo to Seessel's
tomorrow for your meats.
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OVER TOP FOUR TIMES.
CONWAY, Ark., Dec 9. (Spl.) Ed
ward A. Halter, of Conway, now with
t lie 127th infantry in Prance, wa on
duty in the American advanced linen,
went ovpr tho top four times and took
part In an Offensive which drove bark
the Hun 15 miles, he writes in a letter
to his parents, Mr. and Airs. L. 10. Hal
ter. "It was n iv first time un. ami !
certainly found it tough, young Halter
wrote in regard to his stay in the first
linen.
His organization was trained at Camp
Beauregard and lias been in France for
about five months.
KILLED IN FRANCE.
NKWriKRN, Tenn.. Hoc. 9. (Spl.)
Toe W, Pope, farmer, of the Dyer and
Gibson county line, has received a tele
gram from the war department an
nouncing the death of a relative, Wal
ter Krazier, who was killed in action
on the battle front in France the day
before the armistice was signed. Young
Krazier was well known in this section
and had many friends. He left, for
Camp Pike in .June with a contingent
of selectmen from Gibson county.
POST OFFICE ENLARGED.
TUHCCMBIA, Ala,, Dec, !. (Spl.)
Owing to rapid increase of business
at the Tuscumbia powtoffice it bas been
found necessary to enlarge the size and
the facilities of the office. The Helen
Kellar library which bas occupied the
room adjoining the postofflce has been
moved upstairs and the postofflce has
taken over the newly vacated building
Three additional windows for the con
venience of the public will be added, aa
well as adltional box room.
JAWBONE FRACTURED.
BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss., Doc. 9.
(Spl.)- Steven Adair, son nf l.uther
Adair, of Bethany. Miss,, one nf the stu
dents at the Mississippi Heights acad
emy here, while playing with his com
panions on the school grounds, fell
against a concrete sidewalk, seriously
fracturing his lower jawbone in two
places, the wound being so serious as lo
necessitate his going to a hospital for
treatment.
FLU CLOSES SCHOOLS.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec ft. The
public schools of Montgomery were
eloflpd today following reconimeridatlortfl
of the hoard of health heoaus of the
prevalence of influenza. The disease is
of much milder form than during Octo
ber. Private schools are being con
dueled an usual. N'o other haziness is
affected. Taylor field and aviation re
pair depot have taken precautionary
measures to prevent a spread of t he
disease anions the noldlers.
ATLANTA STORE BURNS.
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. I - The stock
and part of the building occupied by
the Sterchi Furniture and Carpet com
pany, on Kaat Mitchell stre-et. was par
tially destroyed by fire here today,
with a loss estimated at fro??i $75,000 to
$100,000. The origin of (ho fire was
thought to be accidental. The concern
is one of a chain of stores in the South
with headquarters in Knox vllle. The
loss was covered by insurance.
MISS ROWAN RESIGNS.
COLUMBUS. Miss.. Per. 9. (Spl.)
Miss Sarah Frances Rowan, who for
several years past has been at the
head of the extension department of
the Mississippi Industrial Institute and
College, has tendered her resignation
to accept a position as head of the
department of rural arts and sciences
at the Industrial College of Arts at
Denton, Tex.
R. R. OFFICIAL DIES.
COVINGTON, Ky Pec. 9 .1. Paul
Stevens, general manager of tho Chesa
peake & Ohio Railway company, died
early today at his home in Fort Mitch
ell, near here, of pneumonia following
an attack of influenza. Mr. Stevens
was a son of CS. W. Stevens, federal
manager of the Chesapeake &. Ohio,
an1 ii It years of age.
NEGRO 4MINUTE
WORKERS ARRANGE!
TO REDEEW1W. S. S.l
Corps Extends Activities to
Churches, Schools, Lodges
and Theaters Other En
deavors Locally.
(Special Correspondence.)
The nemo four-minute organisation,
at their meeting held at Howe Insii-
tute Saturda night, made plans for
pushing the redemption of war savings
tunms Thir u ell ,-lt l.,w will .tiTul te
Churches, schools, lodges, theaters and
to all places where large groups ot
their people are lo he found.
The Dunbar Literary society will pre
sent an interesting program at llie
First Baptist church, St. Paul avenue,
Tuesday night at o'clock. John White,
Jr., is president
The joint commission for uniting the
two Wings llie National Baptist
convention will meet in .Nashville Dec.
12. Dr. Sutton K tiriggs and lr. T.
Fuller are members of the commission
and will attend
Charles liavls. SSI South Welling
ton street, is organising laymen In
the negiu churches to give substantial
support In i h( Old Folks' home mi
Hernando road Ills first plan Is to
arrange a I'hristmas dinner lor the In
mates. II. is anxious for the co-operation
ul Interested frflends.
.
Rev. A. Puqim preached at Bcnjes
town Sunday in a large congregation.
.
Bishop N cleave, of the C. M. K.
church, has just closed Ins conference
at Humboldt 'llie reports were said
to be good mill the sessions Interest
ing. Hi;- episcopal residence Is lu
Memphis, where he is held ill high
esteem b In people.
Among the well-to-do negro fanners
In ShelliN county Is Charlej Wells al
Benjeslnw n, who owns Itlltl acres of
good land, a dozen head of mules, 111
cows, 76 hogs, with 12 fat hogs ready
to kill thai will weigh at least 20U
pounds each, riiey raise col ton, corn,
melons, poultry and other things lor
the market. Ii Is an example oi what
can be .lone by llifit't and economy.
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The two negro hanks, the Solvent
Savings ami Fraternal, played an Im
portant part in the war savings and
Liberty bond campaigns. These Insti
tutions have dime much toward on -couragiim
thrift and economy among
the in. isms ol their race. Berl M.
Roddy is cashier of the Solvent and A.
F. Ward Is cashier of llie Fraternal.
Myrtle It Anderson, of I.os Angeles,
Cal at present a law student at the
University of ChicRgn, will deliver an
address in the cm, m il people of the city
In the chapel of Howe Institute, Tues
day nlghl, Hie Huh inst. The Biihjecl
Is "Unhyphenated Pemoeracy." There
will he no charge for admission.
.. .
Tho l ily Federation 'of Women's
clubs will meet at Itev. S 1' ilrigus'
residence Tuesday afternoon, corner
Georgia mid South Lauderdale.
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The I'.aptlsl I'ltj union mens this
Afternoon at shady drove Baptist
church. Kast Trigg avenue, nf which
Rev. A IV Hill is pastor. Josephine
Smith is president.
Hinisti s who cannot atlend the day
classes in theology are attending the
nlghl class, in the chapel of Howe In
stitute, mi Tuesday and Thursday
nights. Rev. S. H. Mlddlelon, one nf
the teachers, Is in the chaplains' train
ing Bchool, ut Louisville, but Dr, T
0, Fuller is conducting the work, as
sisted by .1. A. Cockerel and Wm. (J.
Walker.
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A largi number of soldiers passing
through me city enjoyed the baths and
other conveniences at (he Plymouth
community house on Walker avenue,
during the past week. Men in uniform
ate always welcome.
The canteen for colored soldiers on
CalhOUn Street, near llie union Hlalion,
Is rendering valuable service t the
soldiers passing through the city,
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All colored people arc urged to ro
deem their pledges to buy war savings
stamps. The record Is good so far,
and the good work .should speed up.
e
The Metropolitan liaplist church re
ports $4,001) raised in the rally up lo
Sunday. It Is expected that the yvork
wilt continue until the amount Is In
creased to $5,000. Rev A. M. Town
send is pastor nnil is succeeding with
Ihe pastorale of the church to llie de
light of his host nf friends.
It is said that the colored people nf
the country are much Interested in the
peace meeting at Versailles, France.
Representatives will he sent from this
country to urge nnittcrs of vital In
terest to the negm race. The senti
ment is against returning to Germany
her African colonics. They favor an
International commission in govern the
former German colonies in Africa.
It appears that there Is unusual nc
itlvity among colored people In the
purchase of small farms. Many of the
farmers have made money and are
seeking the best Investment, This
serves to stabilize the better element
of the population, and lends Inward
thrift and economy, The field claim
ing attention al present is said to be
east Arkansas.
During Ihe uncertain health condi
tions, leading negroes are urging thai
churches, lodges and all large gather
ings hold short sessions, lulling hut
few funerals to the churches
Mrs. Elizabeth Rawle.
NATCHEZ, Miss.. Dec, !". (Spl.)
After an extenileil Illness. Mrs, Kliza
zeth Stanton Hawle, member nf one of
Ihe oldest families of this section, died
here. She was the widow of the late
Major John Rawle.
John A. Smith.
HI.UR MOUNTAIN', Miss.' lien, !)
N'ews has reached here from Blossom,
Tex., of the death there of John A.
Smith, father of Mrs. w. P. Pennybtt
ker, of this county, and uncle nf J. pink
Smith, editor of the Greenville Demo
crat. Mr. Smith, who wan more llian
He years of age, is survived by four Bonn
and one daughter and a targe slrele of
other relatives residing In Mississippi,
Arkansas and Texaifc Ills body was In
terred in Texas. '
Mrs. George Mauldin.
PONTOTOC. Miss., Dee. ft (Sol.)
Mrs. George Mauldln died at her hnrne
here Saturday morning, at 1;30 o'clock,
another victim nf influenza, and pneu
monia. Burial was made In the local
cemetery.
'
Ernest Webster.
PONTOTOC. Mlis.. Dec ! (Snl I
Ernest Webster, a well-known young
man, residing two miles west of here,
died Friday after an attack nf Influ
enza and pneumonia. Interment was
mane here, Kev. K. J. Curry. Presbyter
ian minister, having charge nf Ihe fun
eral service. Mr, Webster was Ihe eld
est son of Mr. and Mrs T. B, YVebsler.
lie leaves a wife, gnee Miss Addle Mur
phy, and three small children.
Francis McAdoo Gideon.
LEXINGTON, Tenn.. I lec. 0. (Spl.)
Francis McAdno Gideon, infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. B, Gideon, nf this city,
need, three months and two days, dhd
Saturday. The child was a brother
nf dt)l, T. 11. Jr., Will Tarker and
Wondrow Wilson Gideon The remains
were taken to Laconia. Fayette cnuntv
and the funeral services and burial Innk
place Sunday In the family cemetery hi
Union church. The little fellow was a
most attractive child. The father is :i
popular engineer on the Nashville.
Chattanoi ea & St. Louis railway and
runs between Lesingtoh and Memphis
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Observations t
meridian time.
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Little Rock
Mekabuig
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age light. Chg. fal'
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River Forecast.
The river in Hie Memphis district
will fall for several days
Departures.
Ferd Herold to Si Louli.
Kclipse to Ashport,
Princess to Friar Point,
Kate Adams to Hosedale.
ldlcwtld to Bruins.
Ossislng to Osceola,,
Driftwood.
The Ferd Herold, after considerable
delay, arrived from St, Lnuls Sunday.
Tho Osslslng's trip to Osceola was
her first voyage In tho Memphis -Osceola
trade.
Five steamers docking Saturday and
Sunday carried exceptionally heavy Car
goes nf cotton and package freight.
AGED COUPLE REACH
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
KNOXVIl.I.i:, Tenn., Dec. 9. (Spl.)
Knoxvllle's Oldest merchant, Newton
lliilger Hall, and his wife Sunday rele
brated their gulden wedding anniver
sary. They were married do years ago
near Louisville, Ky., and Immediately
after the ceremony Mr. Hall brought
his bride to Knoxvllle, where they have
resided since. They were married ul
llie home nf the bride, an antebellum
Southern plantation, with elaborate
festivities fur the wedding. They had
to make the trip to KnoxVllle by coin
ing through Chattanooga, being three
days on the journey. They left tho
home of Mrs. Hull's parents, driving
between a double row of negro retain
ers who had come .o see them off.
Mr. Hall has been 111 business hero 53
years.
WANT HEALTH OFFICER
FOR WOODRUFF COUNTY
COTTON PLANT. Ark., !r. 0. (Spl )
The Woodruff County Medlcfil Boelnty
w ill petition the quorum court ( Wood
ruff county, which imatH next Tucn
dny, fur un all-time county health of
ficer. It thinks Ihe time lw rip for
instruction to be given the schools ami
other educational oodles In the county,
ihnt necessary Instruction nmy prevent
disease and eliminate much of the han
dicaps toward the development of the
youth i'f tho county. The matter of
the prevention of tuberculosis ami vice
diseases will receive ftttpeci&J attention
If (he office ts created.
"FENCE" CONVICTED.
KNOXVII.IK, Tentt., Dec. 0. (Spl.)--Convicted
of receiving stolen Roods,
Reuben Fairbanks, Sr., wan ien teheed
in criminal court here io a term of
from three to 10 yeurs In the peniten
tiary. Falrbankn wan charged with be
ing Implicate wiih other In thethef1
of Ihtko quantities Of meat from the
Kast Tennessee Packing company he,
eral months ago.
L
Use the Old-Time Sage Tea
and Sulphur and Nobody
Will Know.
flray hair, however handsome, ile
noinM advancing tiRr. We all know
the advantages nf a youthful appear
ance, Your hair is your charm. it
makes or mars ihe fare. When It
fallen, turns Krny and looks streaked,
lusl a few applications of Sage Ten
and Sulphur enhances its appetranc
a hundred-fold, I
Don'tgBtay gray! Look yoflng' Klther
prepare the recipe at home or get from
any drug store n bottle of "Wyeth'H
Snire and Sulphur Compound," which Is
merclc Ihe oldtimerclpe Improved by
Ihe addition of other Ingredients, Thou
sands of folks recommend this ready-to-use
preparation, because it darkens
the hair Beautifully, besides, no one
can possibly tell, as It darkens so nat
urally and evenly. You moisten a
iqiunhtC or soft brtiHh with it, drawing
this through the hair, lakmg one small
strnnd at a time. By morning Ihe gray
hair disappears; after another applies
lion or two, its natural color Is re
stored and II becomes thick, glossy and
lustrous, and you appear years young
er. '
Wyeth's Saiee and Sulphur Com.
nound is a delightful toilet requisite.
It Is not Intended for the cure, mill'
gation or prevention of disease. aiiv
business College, 292 Madlsoo Ave.
Ask Business Men ot Memphis About
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maim m
Entirely New and
Decidedly Smart
Specially Featured at.
they're as chic as can be fashioned in a number of stunning
models and handsomely tailored nf
and most striking styles of the season that cling close to the
ankles -graceful tops, charmingly shirred or draped with
Inset or roomy patch pockets that make their long
narrowness more effective. Other models are
a
Severely plain tailored and trimmed
colors as minde, taupe, brown and
they're quite the newest and
and very rare values at their feature
tomorrow
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There Js An Unmistakable Quality Appearnnee
to Fashionable Toggery
From
Phil A. Halle
EXCHANGE lU'IM)l(i.
StnrtlnK with Cravats, w taka you Into the Vatican t
Rome In oxaot copios nnd colorings, of (ho works of fa
mous Italian artists.
Or Into tho Towor of London for copies of the an
cient trappliiRs of war.
And crochet nnd hand-knitted Crnvnts of wonder
ful designs nnd colorings,
Thon, too, Wolch Margetson, of London, havo sent.
ur Klnn Shntlnmt Sweaters, Real Irish Linen Handker
chiefs, Heavy Silk Handkerchiefs (fancy or plain), An
gora Sweaters, Silk and Wool Muffler, Pllk Lounging
llohrn.
And (lie Real Good Old V. S. A. lias bflfm scoured
, for that aort of smart. toRRcry Ideas that, tlin "ladyfolk,"
aro seeking at Christmas time.
Whether jour gift be for "Tho Chap Who Is Home"
or "Tho Chap Who Is In Service," just rememhor that
the name "Phil A. Halle" on any nrllclo of fashionable
toggery hits' the same significance as the word "Ster
ling" on silver!
Illustrate) Christmas Booklet Mailed on Request.
Phil A. Halle
EXCHANGE DLDQ.
Agents Knox, Dohbs & Co., Stetson, Borsallno Hat.
Excluelve Hsndlers Johnston & Murphy Shoes, Booti, Puttees.
Mall Orders Given Prompt Attention.
Are You In the Position
where you can follow the advice of tltono merchants that preach
pay cash, even if they themselves don't? If so, nil's well and you
caii quit reading thin right now ; hut If the demands on your purse
for necessaries anil special expenditures on account of the holi
days are more than your purse can Stand, then rend on. To Ix-gin
with, I want you lor a regular customer; therefore, I make it my
husineia to see thai ly merchandise Is all riRhl. Secondly, I
want your friends l buy of me, too, so I am particular about the
slyles helm; all (hoy should he. There is no use sayinR that my
prices are rlnht if they WWMfl I couldn't stay in business very
lung. Now, where I differ mostly from the other fellows is that I
am just as anxious to extend you credit as I am to sell you for
rash. Just a Utile each week, every two weeks or months, is en
tirely satisfactory with me. Vou will find everything the stylish
woman Want to wear at my shop, and a lot of nice things for
Christmas presents.
Mrs. Miller's Millinery Shop, at 2.MI South Main Street, near Lin
den Coats, Suits, Drosses, Hat, Waists, Furs, Skirts, etc., etc.
Thrift Stamps and Liberty Hoods accepted at full value.
Why Worry About Your Bills?
Come See Us
Well Furnish the Money
WE WILL LENT) YOVJ MONEY ON PERSONAL INDORSEMENT,
REPAYABLE WKKKLV PAYMENTS.
LOANS ALSO MADE ON LIBERTY BONDS, GOLD, DIAMONDS,
SILVER AND JEWELRY.
REMEDIAL LOAN SOCIETY
520 EXCHANGE Llx;.
NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in Nostrils To
Open Up Air Passages.
Ah! What relief! Your rloKged nos
trils open right up, the air passages of
your head ure clear and you can
breslhe freely. No more hawking,
snuff ling, mucous discharge, headache,
dryness- -no struggling for breath at
night, your cold or catarrh Is gone.
lion't stay stuffed up' Oet a small
bottle of Ely's I 'ream Halm from your
druggist now. Apply a little of this fra
grant, antiseptic cream In your nos
trils, let It penetrate through (Very air
passage of the head; soothe and , heal
tho swollen, lntiamcn mueuous mem
brane, giving you Instant relief. Ely's
Cream Halm Is just what every cold
and catarrh sufferer has beeu seeking.
It's Just splendid. adv.
.'1 iH-.!U Jlil!
fine silk velvet the newest 8
in buttons. Such fashionable
black, and sizes from 24 to 30 a
smartest thing in skirtdom,
price
$6.75
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