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AUGUST 3, 120.
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ing Boston: Kresge Hullding. Hetrolt.
'k Camna'tm of M'srenrescnta
i tion and Misunderstanding.
' The rniocratlf primary Thursday
jwlll determine If Tennessee shall have
a Tmoeratie or nepubllcan (tovernor
dnrinir the next two yearn. Oov. Ron
i'rl can be elected. His opponent.
; Crabtree. la Impossible.
t The fight against Oov. Roberta haa
ranced from ttacl utwn hl private
'character to misrepresentation of
leverv measure enacted during his an-
ministration.
t The orlncloal attack has been leveled
j at the Us law, because It affords
I greater opportunity for spreading
! falsehood than any other measure. The
three element attacking the governor
! because of the tax law are thoae who
are Ignorant of ita effect; thoee who
i Intentionally misrepresent H for po
jlltical effect, and thoee who heretofore
have escaped taxation and under the
jlaw must now pay their Just prooor-
tlun of taxes.
v A glaring example of misunderstand
iing la shown by the Fayette Falcon, a
J paper printed In Komervlllo by our
j friend. Prof. Lggln. We cite some
Jof hla statements because we know
Prof. Iogglns la an honeat man and
thoroughly convinced of the truth of
Istatements that have been made to
x 'him. Trof. Loggins owns some farm
'land and we dare say H haa been In
creased In assessment. We know Prof.
'Logglna is not opposed to Oov. Rob
fcrt for that reason, because It la rea
sonably certain that his land, If It la
'.not different from all other land In
; Fayette county, wan not assessed at
anything like its value, and being In
torested In schools we know he Is more
than willing; to pay his just proportion
f taxes, rrof. Logflns has a success
ful paper. Is contentpd and prosperous,
and therefore can not be classed with
the disappointed office-seekers who
ju-e against the governor for that rea
son. In a reoent Issue of his paper he
stated that the section houses, "owned
by the N.. 0. & St. I. railway" were
assessed "at 110 each, no mors than
tho cost of a. front sat today."
, In n leUer to Mr, S. B. Reames,
Col. I), A. Knloe, chairman of the rail
road and public utilities commission.
: states that the four section houses
. were assessed at $1,400 In 1919. and as
sessed at I2.U0C in 1520.
, In another place In the, same article
Trof. Logging says: "The 1519 value
;of the N, & C.'s water tank hero at
'their depot is 1100, fixed by the same
railroad commission."
;; Col. Knloe's letter to Mr. Uoames
fllis that the tank In question was
assessed at l"0 In H19. and at SsiO
lit lO'JO.
"His tax Scheme," continues the
Falcon iu another article, attacking
Gov. Uobcrta, "reluccB the taxes of
big business In every Instance and In
creases tho lux- ut the M:afi tax
. payer."
; Tho property owned by the railroad
in Fayette county has been increased
"In every instance. Tho land, for rx
, ample, was Increased from 1750 to
"f 1,100, which Is not out of lino with
.the assessment of property owned by
private Individuals.
.; Concerning the school system the Kal-
con says: "He haa put the state
'school system back Into politics and has
harassed heads of the state institutions
so that two have been forced to re
, sign and another elected to head one
of them dares not take office and place
himself under the Influence of the
' ltoberts regime. "
As a matter of fact the friends of
Oov. ltoberts' seem to have, forgotten
to take advantage of tho progress the
(State hns made under his direction In
'school matters.
j The state board of education Is com
posed of men of splendid ability. The
state textbook commission represents
the 1'nlverslly of Tennessee, the state
'department of education and the city
boards of education. Represented on
ithe commission Is the best talent In
our school systems.
1 The textbooks arc regarded as the
best ever adopted If the state. There
lias been no objection from any source.
'Every city In the state for tie- first
time Is using the state adopted books.
At the head of the department of
education is Albert Will a ins, who was
at one time principal of the Arling
ton school, a young can of exceptional
ability.
Under Cov. Huberts' administration
there Is a state-wide tax of 5 cents. In
suring every county in the stkte a
seven months' school term. Compare
that with rural school conditions of
former years.
Who Is Crnbtree that he should ask
the IVmocrats of Tennessee to nomi
nate him for governor? What remedy
baa he offered for the conditions he
complains of?
, Everyone knows Hint Crnbtree. If
nominated, could not be elected. I!
is pleasant, affable, pompous and stu
pid. He is not evn the author of the
speeeh he makes a feeble attempt to
read. Statements attributed to him nrs
sent out without his knowledge. He
doeen'tknow why he is running or for
what. He Is a tub of putty In the hands
of the worst single Influence :hat ever
sought to dominate the state.
We have no speclaV Interest In Oov.
Roberts, personally. We bare nothing
personally against Crabtree. Hut the
assessment law Is a good one. It Is the
Jaw that Gov. Cox had to fight for In
Ohio. We do not want to see It mussed
' up by an ignoramus like Crabtree.
For ten years or more the state has
been running behind from ISOO.Oon to
$1,000,000 a year. The state board of
equalization has discovered enough un
assesaed property to make up the def
icit. Under the law the state can
pav as It goes, and that Is what the
state and every Institution and
Individual must do If they are to re
main solvent.
In Fayttte county alone there are 35
foreign corporations that will pay taxes
this year. They have never paid be
fore. They Include the packing cor
porations, oil companies, Pullman com
pany and other like concerns. The same
Is true In other counties.
Is Gov. Roberts to be defeated be
cause he Is endeavoring to place the
state on a safe financial basis, or Is the
flfht against him for the purpose of
turning the state over to a band of
political pirates? We trust the voters
will not be misled by the misrepresen
tation, calumny and abuse that has
been directed against the governor. Cer
tainly Crabtree offers no solution for
anything
Street Car Fare.
Allowing (H per cent return on an
Inflated valuation and a drawing ac
count of $1,000 each for two receiv
ers, the Memphis Street Railway com
pany showed a small loss during the
past three months of Its operation.
While It Is oppewed to modern prac
tices and somewhat out of date, we
suggest Instead of Increasing the faru
from to T cents, and adding a further
burden on the public, that can III afford
the expense, as evidenced by the fact
that It patronises tho street cars In
stead of riding In automobiles, that
soma of tho expensive trimmings be
eliminated from the operation and the
cost be kept within tho revenue ob
tained from a (-cent fare.
What Is tho matter with the strcot
car company anyway? The company
is handling more passengers than ever
in proportion to the facilities, Every
car Is packed and more than half the,
passengers stand while they rldo. Cer
tainly It has all the business It can
handle, lit addition It lias the benefit
of the experience of the most practiced
receiver the country haa ever known.
In view of these things It Is apparent
that with the practice of economy
(however, we bellevo the word Is obso
lete) the public should be anticipating
a return to a 6-cent faro Instead of uu
increase to 7 cents.
. A Fatal Practice.
It Is not surprising that the nieriibers
and friends of the United States Rtce'.
corporation should have tried to stop
the publication of the report of the
special committee i,ent under the aus
pices ot the Interchurch World move
ment to study tho great steel strike of
last fall. The report Itself shows why.
It is not necessary to review the re
port or decide on the merits of the
steel strike as a whole In order to soe
that something was radically wrong
with the Ideals of the steel corporation
as a great American industrial concern.
What could be less American than
the wholesale employment of spies to
report on their companion workers for
pay? That Is what the steel owners
practiced.
Mr. Gsry himself, In his testimony
last fall, showed a remarkable lack of
acquaintance with the stale of mind of
his own men. That was because, ac
cording to the committee, there was no
means for a friendly exchange of opin
ion between capital and labor In this
particular Instance. Capital depended
on Its paid spies to get St the facts.
The steel corporation seems to have
favored tho paternallstto rarm of ad
ministration. It spent money for the
welfare of Its employes and It paid good
wages. But It never condescended to
treat with the men as equals; It would
hot listen to anything they had to say;
r' merely told thmn what was good
for them, and succeeded In consequence
only In rubbing their feelings the wrong
wny at every opportunity.
Meanwhile, the spies were working
overtime. The Gary spies were more
Incompetent than is usual, says the In
terchurch "commission. Having ex
amined a great number of their "un-Cer-cover"
reports, the commission de
clared they were marked by prejudice,
inaccuracy and misspelling. These paid
Informers Informed on their enemies.
1 They made money one day by report
ing unionist schemes among the men,
and the next day by reporting Bol
shevistic plots.
In some cases txe names furnished
by the private spies of Gary were turned
over to the department of Justice as
the basis for criminal Investigation.
Judge Anderson, of Boston, recently
had something to say about a depart
ment of Justice that Instructed lis paid
spies to go Into Socialist meetings and
advocate violence, and tho country at
large fully indorsed his caustic re
marks. This is not Russia, and our
government does not need spies In every
household to keep It standing.
Our industries must not rely on spies
In dealing with their workmen. Had
faith begets bad faith, and a concern
that systematically uses spies in Its
mplovment Is guilty of the worst kind
or bud faith.
I-ahnr and capital have had much to
say to each other In recent years.
Their conversation:! should bo above
board.
If their relations can be friendly, thai
Is well and good. Hut at least they
must be honest, as they will never be
friends till they have each other's con-
fldei.ee and respect.
i:
TTCDWMIE
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(HECK. B.RAT. OFP.J
BY K.C.B. t!
TO JIMMIM I'. '
IN' HIM summer shack,
i
AT IU'TI.KIt. N. J.
MY DKAK Jimmy.
UIXWUHK you sign It.
"
JUST "JIMMY l."
AND UNTIL I come.
TO YOUR summer shack.
I CANNOT learn.
WHAT YOUR full name is.
I CAN do no more.
THAN WRITK it here.
THAT YOU HAVK my thanks.
Full JAKK'S hotel.
AN'I 1TH main street porch.
AND THK drummer men.
AND THK village girls.
AND THE village doc.
WHO KNOWS the' streams.
AND THE fishing holes.
AND THE bait to use.
AND THE country road.
THAT l-EADS Its way.
TO WHKRK you live.
DOWN BY the lake.
.
AND I hear Kid's dog,
.
AS IT barks at mp.
AS IT does at you.
AND, UK course, I know.
IT'S BECAUSE he's glae.
I'M FASt-INO by.
AND UK'S telling me.
BY THE wag of his tall.
THAT WE might be friends.
f
IF I'D stick around.
AND EVEN the ties. .
OK THK railroad track.
THAT WE have to walk.
TO CATCH our train. ,
LOOK OOOD to me,
BUT SOMEHOW or other.
THEY'RE CLOSER together.
THAN THEY used to be.
WHEN 1 was a kid.
Oil MAYBE It Is.
THAT MY legs have grown.
'
BUT ANYWAY, Jim.
e
YOU HAVE my thanks.
FOR THE bid yotl send.
TO VISIT you.
AND THE warmth you feel.
FOR APKINO me.
AND, THE spirit of you.
J 1ST A'VISITI.V.
.
IN YOUR summer shack.
I THANK you.
Public Discussion
We take It Joe Bailey, of senatorial
fame, and Oeorge Bailey, of the Hous
ton Fust, belong to different branches
of the Bailey connection In T, xa.i
George has said that Joe's only entitle
ment to offlee are grandiloquence, al-
tisor.nnee and a bellowing fgo.
The t'hlnese rebellion l a tliiig of
thu past, the chief of the Mexican ban
dits Is resdv to quit, and the Boles
hao i.ppoc.i for an armistice, but
something tells us that there will be
others somewhere to take their places
on the front pages.
The Democrats wttit the Republicans
one better. They got their national
chairman too from Ohio, which ought
to be conclusive with the voters as to
which Is really the party for thut state
The president hawng asked tr min
ers to go back to work, we will no
see whether they are going to he good
little Democrats.
French papers say t'arpentler was
heir ambassador to this country. It
Is a pity that ambassadors are riot sup
posed to fight,
If tho Bolshevists are looking for
somebody the)? slse, we would sugges'
Vladivostok Instead of Warsaw as their
objective.
For a burning issue, II seems to ui
that world-wide prohibition has pro
duced small combustion In these pans
Germs have never lived on coins, and
we aro fin ling It Increasingly hard to
live on ours.
The Reds of Cincinnati are falling
behind the Beds of Moscow tu a road
team.
k$4is$ess-$'t' $
AN APPRECIATION
H$ Hx$v?ag-.-sM.
To The News Scimitar:
About two years mlko I commenced
reading the Memphis New Scimitar. At
the expiration of the first six months
Mr. Henry loeb, of l.oeb's laundry,
anil Mr. Hugh II. Wynno of tho Ah-aton-Wynne
Cotton jompany. very
kindly ordered it continued to my ad
drehs' for 1 H months.
I certainly appreciate this courtesy
of these gentlemen. Such kindness
makes an old worn-out. broken-down
preacher feel like somebody appreciated
him even though It might he a rank
stranger In the flesh. Hut 1 hope to
f;et an Introduction to these gentlemen
n Heaven if Indeed an introduction
will be necessary.
1 was reared near .iiempuis in len
nessee. came to Arkansas when a
stout young man. and have brokn my
self down preaching to lion s poor, in
the swamps and hills of Arkansas. I
am now old ami worn out, but if I h id
1.000 more lives to Rive 1 would spenu
Ihetn all Just like I have spent this one,
trying to honor God ami bless and help
somebody.
I am old now, but thank God. I have
fought a good fight, t havo kept the
faith, and am ready to be offered up.
I think it is not far now to tho prom
ised land. I had the flu last v. inter.
and have not yet recovered from the
bad effects of It. But I will fully re
cover some of these days, hut it may
be on the other side of Jordan.
Now. Mr. Editor. I beg to say that
1 have certainly enjoyed your paper,
however part of the time my wife has
had to read it to me on account of the
effect of the flu upon my eyes. I al
ways look for your editorials; they aro
always good Never saw one single
sorry one. Vou drive big nails and
hit hard. I hope you will continue to
do so. 1 sin sure you will.
Now I think tho time for which the
above named gentlemen ordered your
paper sent to me has more than expired.
I thank them and you.
Mav God bless you nil Is the prayer
Of this old preacher. Financially 1 am
too poor to pay for it however much I
may miss It. Fraternally yours.
REV. W. D. ELMS.
Swlfton. Ark.
(Note The above letter was shown
to Mr. llenrv l.oeh, and "If Rev. Ellis
misses another copy of his paper It
will be the fault of the trains." As we
are pledged to secrecy nothing more
can bo printed concerniiiK the action
of our generous citlsen In this case
Editor 1
HOROSCOPE
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1920.
(tVpynghl, HOC, hv Tin Mri'ltm News
IMpf r Symii'-ai''. t
Friendly stars KUiV today. H(''"iflinK
to UKtrut0, for the Sun. Jupiter,
1'mnii! ami Wmis ure h!1 iu b in-I'ii'
n:pvt.
It N :i li'iio IV-r tip' hpinnhif; of
la !. entf rprihi's ;inl for pushing whjU-fVi-r
prumi.M'M fcr lit thiiiM t-r the fa
turf. rtHln lint'fi of hwiinr'i MtmiM prn.i
piT greatly, all lines of numifHvt uriiiR
i'irtf Miit'JtM't Pi Miniuin'iuK ;tnt pH-fil-uHr
(faith! net'.
While Jupiter nsxi:r;t nee cf
profit In many rnhMtrui'iiw iu-i i it j. s,
there will be a h lUui-i hIutp )u pm
(luctlon by the time mi. -v. Hi. if the
s-UnrH ate read ;i tim h t . ,
There i.i a Hi urn supposed li fore
runt wise Islen reunrdlnR pul'lle :i f
farr:i and t hi. ill be In Ipful In one
politfeHl manaper who will pn-fit
thrmiKh some nenwattotml ffort.
The sudden diatliM nf prominent per
pons before the n v year will r. eall
the piMpherjes loreermne the passing
of old !.-;olei. tn public life
HojpilalK Mtid philnnthrnpie inti
t u turns should belief it from tim plan
(tore KoYerniiiriu at this inn.'.
Kdur.ttion uKun ernpv atten
tion and radical ri.foti.iM wld be ad
NiHHted M UN 10 rout In H,h filh rt To the host
dlreoiion tf t Mr Htars w Inch serins io
Indicate the ,e , e.opnu nt o;' n.any
Amerir.-in art Is's
M;inv d ffieulti-H wf.i miitmue 'o ap
pear lit ihpioin.iiie relation- witli the
rierit .
Thts rule n tuipp'.--ed to ive eo
ipieltre Hlld 'i-rMI:oifilii'i : " tl ' i"e ttllti
diiiVM upeeehes and tt is sprti.i!ly la-
orabb for tt oim ii .
K.i'-bioii during t he eominx w tn f er
will s:iow a tr i.d toward the bizarre.
v hleh is n,ippo d t be pnvlo ' 1e id
eoini or e vn r s
Persona whose b.rihdate it Sm have a
haf'py m uur l' r i he rem m r yea r
whh'h tdioiitd hi .n ni'-it merrase .,f
money. They s'hu.dd be raref ul to
guard nfcaitust main prt-s-'il in let
ter or hew Apa tT ,trt:e!H.
Children horn on th.s day me Hk.lv
tn b extreme!) a.-uie in si nxr and
i-Irver in mind
SPEED UP THE
EGG FACTORY
Kxp'rfmentB conducted at t hi Ken
tueky Airrieiiitural :dat l-n hn e shown
that, tinder rt$:ain rwuhUuns. It group
of hens may he m-ide to merrase their
iH.vtiiK eapaeli v bv tii 4 r n nt h
the sinude expedit nt i f fe. tln them
frHKiiieutH of oyster Mv-m .r ,. riuslud
limestone
The ue'd of lime and o'.lnr mineral
rollJPituent A tit inalv" tin hi'U nf t h"
etflf i ohviou enough; and a moment's
r fleet Ion makes H equally e'ear that
the ' g it he if must ho Ul In solution
ti iYuieier.ible m-""t 'f mineral m.t
tr to make (he dm ties. Ilielumtig ihe
hone, of thu f ut ure t hir.k, t 'leai h
eiiuuKh, th" ton ran tiot fuiuf ion hh
ail Offieb lit etif faiToj uides thesr
ndneral rotmlimtent. In addition to
deo,iiHW' siipplo i f proteins and f i'.-i
mid earhohvdraies are fiuppiied h r
Reprinted from Seienre of t lie Mn! h.
Henry Smith William. !.!., 1,1.! . -Hearst
s Magnr.tre f.r AukuhI.
"Man in'iMine" but oniy bemUsje
woman uroixaea' thut he shall I
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Q. ro I'nlUd Ktntos mints coin ahy
monev lifKide our own? M. U.
A. C'uliHii coins arc mudc In Aniorl
cni mints, also tl coins of several
South American countries.
Q. roen the Vnltcd Statn wcatlifr
biirfnu control the wialher UioskH In
varloUM cities? A. W.
A. Tho wcutlicr bureau says that It
operates theo kiosks (pronounced ly1
osks), but that very few arc still ill
use. It Is the policy oft the bureuu
to discontinue their service, since tem
perature trtken so near the street h vul
dlffeiM perceptibly from the official
weather report and leads to comment
and confusion.
Q. T'lease give me the nanio of tin
man who swum 11 miles with hands
and feet tied, pear Hoston. P. II.
A. The record we find was made In
the, New York harbor by Harry Kll
onsky, of New Ixndon, Conn. Ho not
only xnain 13 miles with hands and
ft t tied, but also towed a rowboat.
Q Will the soldiers burled In Pel
Blum be returned to thin country ? -
T. jr.
A. The stale department says that
the TtolKian government hus signified
Hh williiigness to have th tiodies of
American soldlors removed, promising
the co-opcratlon of Us railways in aid
ing transportation. ,
J. Will soot, carbon and dirt collect
on phitlnum, which Is constantly In
a furnnce? Will the composition of
the platinum lie changed by the gases
In the furnace? Is It a good conductor
of electricity".' N. H. K.
A. The bureau of mtnoH says that
soot, carbon mul dirt will collect on
platinum, and that gases such us car
bon monoxide, hydrogen and carbon
dioxldu do change lis composition
slight! Platinum Is a good conductor
of electricity.
g - I have been working at a naval
ordnance plant for two sears. 1 un
derstand all men over liii will be turned
off on August 20. 1920. Will they re
ceive a pension or a bonus? K. 1). W.
A. Tho navy bureau oi- oronance
says that only men who have served In
the navy, or ho have worked for the
govi rTiiiH nt nt the navy plains for a
period of 15 years are entitled to a pen
sion. There W no Imiiius except (o men
who have lieen enlisted in the service.
y Will boiling moss agates in oil
make them more beautiful'.' i '. F. O.
A. The geological Purvey sag that
In Moties such as moss mkhIcs Ihe, cleav
age is mich that there are cracks.
When such a stone Is heated in oil
and then healed in organic sugar solu
tion, this solution fills the cracks and
.uaUes them ory noticenhle, thus riiig
Inn out tlic design of the stone.
i. Who is known a;i the ' Father of
(Hants'.'"-- M. K.
A. --This term q supposed to apply
to Anak. ihe I .on g-Necked Clant of the
Old Testa met.i . He was the progenitor
of a race of giants, the collective name
of which Is Anakhii.
J. Haa America produced an artist
who has been noted for his. work In
stained glass?- K. II. I..
A.-.lolli l-i .'arge. who died in IDlfl.
was our first treat artist or this kind.
He not only had a remarkable, color
sense cotnltine-l with Ins artistic gift,
hut t pcriincii!,d successfully in tho
nianu.'iutuic and deMghiiig of stained
glas.
iAiiv reader an tri I ihe answer to
an;. iucstion ly v.-rhing The News
;V!rnitor Itifornation hur.aii. Frederic
,1 llaskln. dir. , tor, Washington. I). l
Tli- ' .-nctiv I" Infor-rn-
tiou. Tlic buica'.i can not give udvlco
a a I!.: . la oa .. alal Illl.lnCUll 111 rt I -
I. rs It does not atl rnpl to settle
!o!iio--tic tronl I' s. nor ti undertake ex
haustive n- I'.iivli on any subject Write
nr one-la. n plainly and briefly. Give
fil l name and aiblres and inclose two
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OoTDOOfi "SPOTS'1'. ' -'-" iLJ
TRVAJ&-TD tciu. a Bus Buck ouo- 2-"" f
PU5.ST Gne- - a Pif at rvmr
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Growing Up With Warren Harding
. . "
LOOKING LIKE REAL SUCCESS '
BY JACK WARWICK.
Boyhood Playmats, School Chum and First Nowspaper Assotlats of the
Rtpubllean Presidential Nominee.
Fashion's Forecast
By Annftbel Worthington.
LADY'S TWO-PIECE.
1'niiUr io.-l.eiM at tho shies give the
neeemarv ni.ith to the hips i f N'o. Uli'.H
to it ih. pew- peg-lop effect, ilnth-
it" adjusi the fain, ss ul ih, back and
front .
The t:,.ly' two-pleec skirt. Ne M4.
i , 1:1 in si. s ;; to In, In s waist
imasi i-e .-!... ?i r.-ipilrcs :i jards J.
hu h i"a-ei,al foi i-kirt of one material,
l'n. a- 1., I . nts.
Our fsihlons and pnrn are fur.
nlthed by the Issuing fashion artists
of New York city. Sr.d orders tor
patterns to Fashion Department, The
Newe Scimitar, 22 Eait Klghteentli
atreet. New York city.
Warren Harding Is a human being!
There, I have let tho cat out of the
bag. I couldn't hold in any longer.
Half a dosen chapters back I came
near blurting out that sentence War
ren Harding is a human being!
In his whole life as I know him. AV.
(l.'s humanness was as conspicuous as
a church steeple. He was human back
there In the perpendicular stripes of his
first long pants: he was human In the
schoolroom, in the days when the town
oracle put the "little devil'' label on
him. He played ball like a human boy,
and ho wns human when we were mem
bers of the old Caledonia Aeolian band.
Had he not been human there wo
would have voted him out, as we did
the hasa drummer, who hit the drum
on the "upbeat," threw the whole or
ganization off lis stride and dissipated
the "foot and Peasant" waits.
If it is necessary to Kive a specific
instance, one that will stand alone and
nswer for Warren Harding H human
ness, I hereby shamelessly declure that
he borrowed chewing tobacco from
me.
But Hilly Tlull has the best tobacco
story to (ell. Hilly learned his trade
with us. b'Rinnirig in the Kite Block
office of the Star, and Is with tho
paper today us foreman of the com
posing room, and Is ns faithful as the
unrise. His story runs sometmng line
this:
One day W. (J. entered the composing
room and asked: .
"Any of you fellows got a anew:
"Her vou are." answered one 6T the
printers, and he produced the small
remnant of a plug.
That all you got? It's not enough."
remarked, the editor; "guess I'll have
to go out and get some.
He returned a few minutes liter with
a long plug, which he. nailed to the
wall, after cutting off a alice for his
own use.
There." he told them, "help your
selves; guess that'll huld you for a few
davs."
Perhaps It la mv duty RS a faithful
chronicler to add that V.". f3. was not
a habitual consumer of plug tobacco.
But a chew- now and then, during the
hurry of gel ting out the paper, teemed
to help. .Some will declare H indis
pensable, and I am not tne one 10 con
tradict thorn,
w. i: always wore the human side
of him out.- The boys who worked near
him knew it; they felt it.
By the time we weir established In
the new office, with its added equip
ment, the force of workers had In
creased considerably und we had be
come quite a larpe and happy family.
J tnuiK me prooipious ano ramer oik
nlfleii counter In the front office had
an Influence In bringing business,
though W. 1. was still out after it In
his indefatignhle way. siomelKjdy has
said thnt "nothlna succeeds ii.io suc
cess." Without thought of disputing that
old maxim, 1 am Inclined to h.?Hev that
at times nothing succeeds, like tne ap
pearance of success. In any event, ap
pearance Is a great help In the matter
of getting on In the world,
The Htar was beginning 10 iook iiko
real property. We were "cutting a
swath." The "we" I use so freely ap
plies to all connected with the paper
in a work-ins capacity. All were ready
Ht any time to fight for the Niar and
Its proprietor. Some of the boys did
fight for W- O. later, but that Is an
otbr story.
Notwithstanding the tditnr and own
er and publisher had to be out of the of
fice much of the time, he missed no
opportunity to got Inside. Outside he
couldn't smell theHrik. Asked to give
the most positive thing In his . character
at this time of which I am writing, I
would answer with one word and put
in it capital letters. The word would
boT .,)KI?' In u" y -associations
with him I never heard hlin rail against
a task that called for mental or phy
sical effort.
At the end of five years with W. (!
"2 1 "l Jll"t' tne K,ar - gettWig In
shipshape to weather stiff breetes. It
had become a necessity In the lffe of
Marion. The town might )mvo lived,
and probably would have survived, had
the Star perished, but It would not have
ffrnu'n trt Ihn 1,,..,.. ..f ,L. l
11.7, , . '"O"" luov-w VI II1U UUSV
little city It is today.
,Ou''I.0orr,P(tl,o,'s gave us Ilttlo trou
b e. V. tl. bad a way of going about
his own business and getting some of
theirs. He got so much business that
he had to look after It and practically
give up reporting and hire pis p,.v's
gatherers. The best of there I ever
knew was Alymer Hhodfs. Nearlv ev
ery waking moment of this young man's
life on the Star his mind was on the
work of bringing in news. He never
tOOk thl) til-Oil IIOF, thA 1.l,,a ,..
his stories as he knew they should have
been written, but ho gathered them in
and left the rewriting to me. Wherever
ho is now. I hope he mav read this,
that he will know the respect I have
iwi ina icioaraauie 11030.
Somq time after I was away from
the Star W. i. said to me:
. ''JacK. lf ou know where Aylmer
Rhodes is send him back to me.''
The time camo when I also went out
op the street, at AV. (l.'s request. If
I do say it myself. I was not mii"h of
a reporter. As a news gatherer I was
never in the Rhodes class. Verhaps I
could write more about Tiothing than
he, hut that did not make mo a good
reporter. W. U. did onco pay me the
tributo of saying:
"When you unit writing the council
proceedings, Jack, I'll quit reading
them."
He may have said that because 1 al
ways tried to find in Ihe council cham
ber some crawling thing, like a cock
roach, or a little dog with an amiable
tail, which I could weave Into the
story of the everlasting "iiesohed.
That In anticipation of the I eeenib'-r
tax collection." et , etc. That council,
like most councils, was etcrnallv bor
rowing from one fund or another, or
in anticipation of a forthcoming tax
collection. It was a poor example to
set before u reporter who couldn't anticipate-beyond
the next payday.
- Mention of Jayday recalls' to' mind
W. (l.'s love of new money or bis love
of paying out new, ananpy bills to Ihe
boys in the office. There were no
germs on the hills we got 'over thu high
counter on .Saturday night.
"Here's your insult,' he would say.
and he would pass ovi-r the new stuff
with a smile that made Monday morn
inir look like a day to anticipate with
pleasure. .
We had oth. r reporters on the. Star
In my time whom I want to mention
later. !t seems If me tln-v belong in
this stoy of Warren () Harding Tlvy
all had a hand in making hi- success
possible, and no employer could have
been more liberal than he in giving
to the boys around him their meed
of credit for helping to make tho Star
shine.
(i'op right, VJ.'U. hv New Vork Kvening
Tost, Inc.)
Tomorrow Jack Warwick will tell of
Hurding's courtship days.
Newt of Memphis
10 Years Ago,
Twice Told Tales
Nowt of Memphis
25 Years Ago.
AUG. 3, 1910.
Gov. Patterson will sneak tonight In
the open air at Court sqirarc.
Ex-ciov. Benton Mc.Millln left, Hion
phis this evening for his home.
Mr. and Mrs. ll. I-;. Fitzgerald, of
Marshal avenue, have as their guest
Mrs. I.. M. Abbott, of Minneapolis,
Minn.
Miss Bernlce Oaniway, of Caruthors
ville, Mo., is the guest of Miss I.aura
Hill.
Mr. nnd Mrs. J. A. Clapp, of l.itll?
Hock. Ark., are the guests of Mrs. J.
W. C'lnpp, on Orleans street.
Miss Klva Hperry will leave this eve
ning for her home In Kansas City, Mo.,
after spending several days with Mins
Laura Hill.
Mrs. J. K. Kennie left this afternoon
for an extended trip through the
West.
Miss Kdith Washington returned
home this morning alter spending sev
eral weeks In Somerville, Tenn., visit
ing friends.
Mrs. K!la Mnnley and daughter. Miss
I.ula, of Oreenland Heights, left today
lor Penvrr and other Western points.
Miss H"len May Barber Is the guest
of friend In Coldwater, Miss.
Miss Margaret Humes is the guest '
Mr" .Milton Hlmes In Hunlsville, Ala.
Master Charles (ireer left Memphis
Tuesday for Paris. Tenn.. where he
will he the guest of Miss Isold Mor
ton during her house parly. He will
visit relatives In Nashville later in the
Miss Mayme Tierce, of Carulliers
vllle is the gufst of Miss 1 iisy Mc
Allister, of Memphis. f r several days.
Mr-- W. U. Stowe returncl today from
S 'visit with friends and relatives in
Hot Springs and I. idle Hook.
Miss Alleen yuinn, F.lisanelh
place left Memphis this morning to
spend several weeks In Mississippi visit
ing relatives
Cotton closed steady on Hie local
market ut Hi cents, middling.
MORGAN BUYS BUILDING.
MOW VOI1K. Aug 3.-The vast en
terprises of J. P. Morgan & Co. iu this
...ill l, irrnonMil miller one I'linf It
was learned tudav, through the firm's
ciiulslllon oi ine Willis oiii.'iiiik; hi
Jroad and Hxchaiige place This struc
ture, which for nearly ..n years has
teen one of the most notanie oroper
. i i, r ,,,.,, a .. i ,tib,pi..(
will b replaced bv a 33-story office
1... 11,11,, a ThM t, fuller! v ii,!ittni (It
present Morgan banking house.
AUGUST 3, 1895.
Plans for the observance of Ijabnr
day are now under way that contem
plate a celebration that wi:i completely
overshadow any previous celebration in
the history of Memphis. A. committee
of seven appointed by the Trades coun
cil has enlisted the co-operation of the
Manufacture is' association, the Mer
chants' and Cotton exchanges, the
Young Men's Business league and the
Travelers' Protective association. The
celebration of the day will he made a.s
attractive as possible and efforts will
be made to bring many out-of-town
people to Memphis.
Col. It. S. lxiuglas. of the drand
opera house, Is spending a delightful va
ca'ioti at Mackinac Is'and, .Mich., fish
Ing end resting preparatory to a busy
season.
Announcement , was made today of
the wedding of Miss Marlam Vt. Brett,
daughtrr of Mr. and .Mrs. .lames llrctt
rf Cennaoiow n, to Phil s. l;:y at
Jackson, Tenn. Mr. llav is conic'-i'tol
wiih the Mobile A- uhlo railroad at
Jackson.
Misses Anna Strntlon nnd Blanche
Tatum are spending the summer months
nt the Beach Collage. Asbury Park.
Miss Sirstton K ntt-m-tlng a great deal
of ntiention because of her ability a
a swimmer.
Mr nad Mrs. W. A. Fuller and daugh
ter. Miss Carrie, have gone to 1kI.
out mountain and nearby resorts foi
seeeral we, .-s.
Tames Brett, Jr., and mother attend-
' ' H"HreH n, "Mills at Jackson
Mr T.ni B (I'eenfle'd. of 'ashvqn
nnd Mrs. V A, Hall, of StoyiH. .Miss
sre ruexts of Mrs. I: o Branch at
l.ilewlid. - S
i-1 !' iti'he-. e-noioe..,l r, tho Wa:
office of the Y. M V. nil'road. h
e. .n.-ie.l f a ih-.- week' vacation
spent nt Conner's Writ niid ?n.t'i..ii
Jailer P.ti-harils hns Peeu confined tn
his room for several dues a p -A..oit
f li,vin been viiceiv.-., , 1 lepuM'
Sheriff Cooper Is In ehai-e of the hil
during the absence nf 'he regu'nr Jailer.
NATURE'S NOBLEMAN.
Sir: A Jeune hoinine g 'till! sat be
side me in the street car reading a
newspaper. Presently Kent opposite
was vacated and he took possession of
it. But be reiiir'ad a moment later,
saying apologetically: "Vou were read
ing from my paper, weren't you? It was
thoughtless of me to m
Hearst lor August.
move." It. L.. T. in
Loves Man Dearly;
Salary Too Small
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.
Dear' Mrs. Thompson I have a man friend who has pro
posed to me several times, but I do not know what answer to
give him. He is desperately in love with me, but he is very
jealous. We have been going together over eight months and
I have learned to love him dearly.
Ha makes only $80 a month and I do
not believe wo could live comfortably
In a city on that. There Is another man
whom I do not love as dearly and he
too has asked me to marry him. He
has a home, a car and is making $160
a month. I think I could love him In
time. Ha Is a widower and seems to be
a perfect gentleman. Ho Is not fond
of worldly pleasures. I am 20 years old.
Which of these would you advise me
to marry? ANXIOUS.
You are evidently not in love with
either of these men or you would know
which you wanted, regardless of sal
aries, homes or cars. I would not ad
vise a couplo to marry these days on
$80 a nionth for that will not supply
the uctual necessities to say nothing
of a few luxuries occasionally. It is
a risky thing to marry without lovo,
and when It Is done, one should not
complain if unhappy.
Dear Mrs. Thompson I am a girl 17
years of age and am cln0 to college
next year, I would like to known how
to become popular among the girls
there. I have a great many friends at
home but want to make still more at
college. Do you think I am old enough
to have boy friends? C, H. 8.
A girl to be popular at college must
have plenty of pep and a little mis
chief. Be unselfish, unaffected and
truthful. Respect the feelingn of others
and do not boast of your family's social
or financial standing; your college
friends will fiiid this out without you
enlightening them, yes, you are old
enough to have boy friends.
.
Dear Mrs. Thompson Will you please
suggest a nice present for my husband
and mo to give a very dear and wealthy
friend. He has everything heart can
wish for. Ho Is always remembering us
with little gifts and we would like to
show our appreciation. Hla birthday Is
also near. He Is 45 years old and does
not like outdoor sports.
MRS. 6. C. D.
A man In his position would appreci
ate some of your handwork, say hand
kerchiefs, or something for his room.
If you can not make these things your
self you can have them made by those
who do It beautifully. I have seen
some very attractive hand-made hand
kerchiefs for men and they Beem to
like them very much. I would suggest
a belt buckle, but I suppose of course
he has one. Book ends are nice for a
man's room, or a pretty picture frame.
(I suspect that he has a picture that
he prizes and would enjoy looking, at
in a frame lie did not select.)
Dear Mrs. Thompson Do you think
it would be all right for another girl
and me to drive 20 miles through the
country to a small place where we are
going to visit? The boys are real nice.
SWEET SIXTEEN.
Kverything depends upon tho girls
and boys. If you are over 16 years
of age you should know how to con
duct yourselves jiroperly and if this
trip iu taken in daytime and you do
not stop on the way I see no reason
why you could not go. More depends
upon a girl's behavior than a boys for
you can soon, let a nfan or boy know
when he haa overstepped his bounds,
it can be done In a ladylike manner
without a scene 'and ho will respect
you for it.
UNCLE WIG OILY AND THE CLOTHES LINE.
(Copyright, 19:10. by McCluro Newspaper
Syndicate.)
EY HOWARD R. GARI6.
"Wait a minute. 1'ncle Wigglly, I'm
coming with you:" called Nursa Jane
Kuzzy Wtizzy, the muskrat lady house
keeper, as she saw the bunny rabbit
gentleman hopping down off the front
steps of the hollow stump hungHlow
one day afnr they hail come bach
from the seaahore. The llt.tie trip there
had done the bunny good.
"(h, you're coming with me, are you.
Nurse Jane?" he asked. "Well, 1 shall
he glad to have you, but I cannot be
pure that you will meet witli an adven
ture." "Adventures are nothing to me."
spoke Miss Kuzzy Wur.zy, practical like
and sanitary. "What 1 want is a new
line for hanging up clothes. I'll walk
nlon Willi you to the eleven and
twelve-cent store and get it giit the
clothes line, 1 mean."
"Come with pleasure," invited I'ncle
W'iggily. and soon he and the muskrat,
lad,v were skipping over the fields and
bone.inu together through the woods.
All of ii sudden, as the bunny rabbit
gentleman was passing between two
trees, lie stopped short and exclaimed:
"(Mi, the poor thing! 1 feel so sorry
for her!
"Forry for whom?" asked Nurse .Jane.
"This" spider lady," went on I'ncle
W'U'.gily, "Sec, she has woven a most
wonderful w eb between .these two trees
the cobweb thread goes In and out
every which way 1 should get it into
n most dreadful tangle If 1 Iried to
spin one but the spider lady made a
beautiful one, and see. some bad animal
has torn it all to shreds."
"Well, what harm does that do?"
asked Nurse Jane, as the spider lailf
came out and began to weave over
ngaln her broken web.
"It does lots of barm." said I'ncle
Wiggily, "because a spider docs much
good. Spiders catch bad flies and mos
Multoes and unless this web is fixed,
this spider lady can do no good In this
world. I shall help h rl"
"(ih. thank you, I'ncle Wiggily,"
spoke the spider lady, pausing ps sho
eai.ght some loose ends of l.er broken
web.
"How can you help her?" asked Nurse
Jane.
"I can hold some of the loose, flying
ends until she picks them up again and
fastens them to the tree and branches.
If that will be of any use," said tho
bunny.
"Indeed, it will he a' jrreat help,'1'
spoke the spider lady, so 1'ncle Wiggily
and Nurse .lane'dld what thev could.
'Who tore your web that way?"
asked I'ncle Wiggily as he and Nurso
Jane started once more after the
clothesline. e
"II was the Pipsisewah," was the
answer. "The had old Pip came
Ihroiuh the woods, and lie seemed to
lie mud about something. 1 guess you
fooled him and got aw-ay from him."
"Yes. 1 did." said I'ncle Wiggily.
"But bow did he act?"
"Oh. very mean," answered the snider
lady. "Hhe threw stones and sticks in
nty cohwa-lis until he ha I it broken and
landed as you see it. But nrAv, thanks
to yen. I have ll mitang'ed ami ready
to intcli bad bugs and mosquitoes.
Thnnk you, 1'neie Wiggily and Nurjc
June."
The muskrat lady and the bunny
bowed politeK and soon Miss Fuxzy
Wiuzy hud picked out, at the tweniy
ene and twenty-two-crnt store. the
clothesline she wanted. I'ncle Wicgily
carried It home for her, but the bunny
slung the line about so, and made be
lleve It was a cowboy laen, and twisted
and tinned it so much thut at last tlic
inuskiiit lady said:
i'h. Wiguil' You'll bnve Ilia! line so
tangled 1 won't know one end from
tile other." I
"Oh. no I won't!" laughed the bunny.
"Watch uie jump ropo with part of It,"
and playful like. and klddish like
Billy Wagtail. the goat chap, tho
bunny slung the colthes line around bis
head and tried to Jump. But be fell
down, tripped, tried to get uu and then
rolled ovsr and then tho rope snarled
into such hurd knots that Sir. Long
ears cried: ,
"Oh, Nurse Jane! Pais all tangled up!
I can't get loose! Please help me!"
"I will," said the muskrat lady. But
all she could do did not free Uncle
Wicgily from, the snarls. ,
"Oh. what shall I do?" cried Uncle
Wiggily. "If I can't get loose the Pip
may come along and snlbblemy souse!
Oh, what a terrible tangle I'm in!"
"Ha! Pershaps I can help!" said a
little voice, and along crawled the
spider lady, "you've helped me fix my
web," she said, "and now I'll help you
get untangled. We spider folk ure
just made for unraveling snarls and
tangles. Now, Nurse Jane, you pull on
the ends of tho ropes as I tell you, jmd
point them out to you, for urn not
strong enough to do It myself."
So the spider lady showed which
loop to loosen first, and then which
end to slip through next and In a few
minutes Uncle Wiggily was untangeld.
the collhesline was rolled up into a
ball and everybody was happy.
"And now you behave yourself,
Wiggily," ssUd the muskrat lady as she
and the bunny thanked the spider lady
and started for home. Ho Mr. Longcars
promised he would, and If the letter does
not trv to get out of the envelope, after
the postage stamp has stuck fjtst on
It to take a ride on tin postman's back.
I'll tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
and the robin.
What's In a Name?
BY MILDRED MARSHALL
BETSY.
The quaint and charming name of
Betsy, so endeared to American history,
had its source far back in early times
when the Muscovite princess, Ellsa
vetta, the daughter of Jaroslav, was
the object of the romantic love of the
great poet and sea king, Harald Har- ,
drada, of Norway, who sang nineteen
songs of his own composition In her
praise on his way to her from Constan
tinople, and won her hand, by his feats
of prowess.
Her namo, which ncans "God's oath,"
appears In many romantic tales and
ltfiilsh ballads and finally spread, iu
numerous variations, throughout Ku
rop by way of Germany. Elizabeths,
Isabels, Klisas and Ulsbets were the
most popular names in liurope and
s'ill have tremcnlous vogue, for that
matter-but Betsy is typically Kng
lish and latter-day American.
Mary famous women have borne the
name in this county. Betsy Itoss, whose
skillful fingers fashioned the first.
American flag, is a heroine of history.
A no lens authentic, but more extrav
agantly romantic character, was the
Heautifnl Hetsy Patterson, who cap
lured the love of Jerome Bonaparte,
brother to the great emperor, and suf
fered a broken heart.
The rubv is Hetsy's tallsmanic gem.
It brings her beauty and pride and
hauiiness. according to ancient super
Wurinenrinv tt her lucky day.
an I .1 her lucky number.
Note to readers: is tnere a isct con
cerning your name In which you art
Interested? Do ycu know Its history:
Its meaning; its derivative and signifi
cance.' Do you know your lucky day
and your lucky jewel? If not, Mildred
Marshall will tell you.
3IIIU w ' - . '
velope with your queries, to Mildred
raarsnaii, ini m